Patent ID: 7440060

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: gate lines and data lines on a first substrate, the gate lines and the data lines crossing each other and defining a pixel region; a thin film transistor adjacent to a crossing of the gate and data lines; a common line in parallel to the gate lines; a common electrode extending from the common line and having a circular shape, wherein the common electrode includes first and second common electrode patterns, the first common electrode pattern disposed in an outer portion of the pixel region and having a circular opening, the second common electrode pattern disposed in the circular opening of the first common electrode pattern and having a circular band shape; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and having a circular shape; a capacitor electrode electrically connected to the pixel electrode and overlapping the first common electrode pattern to form a storage capacitor; an auxiliary common line on a second substrate spaced apart from and facing the first substrate; an auxiliary common electrode extending from the auxiliary common line and having a circular shape; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.