Patent ID: 7057675

Claim:
An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate; a plurality of data lines disposed perpendicular to the gate lines; a plurality of storage capacitors each having at least a first electrode disposed parallel to a corresponding gate line and a second electrode extending into the substrate; a plurality of switching devices each including an active layer having a channel region and each electrically connected with the corresponding gate line and the corresponding data line; and a plurality of pixel electrodes each overlapping at least said channel region, a portion of an n th storage capacitor and a portion of a (n−1) th storage capacitor, wherein an n th one of the pixel electrodes completely covers an (n−1) th adjacent gate line and the channel region of an (n−1) th adjacent one of the switching devices connected to the (n−1) th adjacent gate line, and the n th one of the pixel electrodes is unconnected to the (n−1) th adjacent one of the switching devices.