Patent ID: 8233122

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: first and second gate lines; a data line arranged perpendicular to the first and second gate lines to define first and second pixel regions; a first gate electrode of a first thin film transistor disposed on a first side of the data line and projecting from the first gate line; a second gate electrode of a second thin film transistor disposed on a second side of the data line projecting from the second gate line; first and second active layers on the first and second gate electrodes, respectively; a first source electrode of the first thin film transistor disposed on the one side of the data line to overlap the first active layer; a first drain electrode of the first thin film transistor parallel to the data line, spaced from the first source electrode, and overlapping the first active layer; a first pixel electrode connected to the first drain electrode; a second source electrode of the second thin film transistor disposed on the second side from the data line to overlap the second active layer; a second drain electrode of the second thin film transistor parallel to the data line, spaced from the second source electrode, and overlapping the second active layer; a second pixel electrode connected to the second drain electrode; and a continuous and uniform common line between, and parallel to the first and second gate lines, the continuous and uniform common line overlapping the first and second pixel electrodes to form storage capacitors and being on the same layer as the first and second gate lines, wherein both the first and second source electrodes have ‘U’ forms, and the first and second gate electrodes project in the same direction from the first and second gate lines, respectively.