Patent ID: 8189160

Claim:
A display substrate comprising: a plurality of gate lines extending longitudinally in a first direction; a plurality of data lines extending longitudinally in a different second direction and intersecting the gate lines; and a pixel electrode structure electrically coupled by way of at least one switching element to at least one of the gate lines and at least one of the data lines, the pixel electrode structure comprising one or more micro-slit patterns and a first shielding pattern, each of the micro-slit patterns comprising a respective plurality of spaced apart micro-electrodes extending longitudinally in third directions that are different from the first and second directions, the spaces between adjacent ones of the micro-electrodes defining slits, the first shielding pattern interconnecting end portions of two or more of the micro-electrodes of one of the micro-slit patterns, the end portions which are interconnected by the first shielding pattern being in overlapping relation with one of the gate lines, wherein the one of the micro-slit patterns whose micro-electrode end portions are interconnected by the first shielding pattern is an outwardly radiating star pattern having a center portion and having its spaced apart micro-electrodes radiating outwardly from the center portion in a substantially radiating out star-like pattern that extends to outer boundaries of the one micro-slit pattern and wherein the one micro-slit pattern is coupled to receive a driving current at its said center portion and to distribute the received driving current from the center portion to the outer boundaries of the star pattern by way of its outwardly radiating micro-electrodes.