Patent ID: 7612855

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates which face each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines; a plurality of pixel regions which are defined by the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines; a counter electrode which is formed on each pixel region, the counter electrode being planar and having a substantially rectangular shape; a pixel electrode having a plurality of slits which is formed in overlapping relationship with the counter electrode; a counter voltage signal line which is formed in parallel with the gate signal lines and is connected with the counter electrode; a first contact hole for connecting the pixel electrode and a source electrode; a connection line for connecting the counter electrode and the counter electrode of a next pixel region; a second contact hole for connecting the counter electrode and the connection line; and a third contact hole for connecting the counter electrode of the next pixel region and the connection line; wherein the counter electrode is not overlapped with the first contact hole.