Patent ID: 7511777

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a first substrate and an adjacent second substrate; a plurality of gate lines formed on the first substrate, wherein each gate line includes a plurality of first compensating patterns; a plurality of data lines that cross the gate lines, thereby defining a plurality of pixel regions such that each pixel region is adjacent a first compensating pattern; a capacitor electrode in each pixel region on a gate line, wherein each capacitor electrode includes a second compensating pattern; an insulating film interposed between each capacitor electrode and each gate line; a plurality of thin film transistors, each having a gate electrode and source/drain electrodes and each adjacent a crossing of a gate line and a data line; a pixel electrode in each pixel region; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the first and second compensating patterns include recesses that correspond to a channel shape of the thin film transistor, wherein at least one of first recess of the first compensating pattern and at least one of second recess of the second compensating pattern overlap each other, wherein the second recess of the second compensating patterns are deeper than the first recess of the first compensating patterns and wherein each first compensating pattern and each second compensating pattern partially overlap each other.