Patent ID: 8629950

Claim:
An array substrate comprising: a base substrate; a gate line extending in a first direction on the base substrate; a first data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction on the base substrate; a second data line disposed in parallel with the first data line; a first unit pixel comprising: a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line; and a first pixel electrode having a first longitudinal electrode bar disposed on the base substrate in the second direction connected to the first switching element, the first pixel electrode having a first horizontal electrode bar disposed on the base substrate in the first direction proximate to the gate line, the first horizontal electrode bar electrically connected to an output electrode of the first switching element, and the first pixel electrode having one or more domains; a second unit pixel disposed adjacent to the first unit pixel comprising: a second switching element connected to the gate line and the second data line; and a second pixel electrode having a second longitudinal electrode bar disposed on the base substrate in the second direction connected to the second switching element, the second pixel electrode having a second horizontal electrode bar disposed on the base substrate in the first direction proximate to the gate line, the second horizontal electrode bar electrically connected to an output electrode of the second switching element, and the second pixel electrode having one or more domains, and wherein the one or more domains adjacent to each other have a different direction of liquid crystal director, each of the first and second unit pixels does not have 4 domains, and a pixel unit comprises the first and second unit pixels to form a multi-domain structure.