Patent ID: 8704994

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first display panel including a plurality of pixel areas; a second display panel positioned opposite to the first display panel; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel; and a plurality of spacers maintaining a distance between the first display panel and the second display panel; wherein the pixel areas include a first pixel area group of pixel areas having the contact holes and a second pixel area group of pixel areas not including the contact holes, and wherein the first display panel further includes: a first insulation substrate, a gate line and a data line formed on the first insulation substrate, wherein the gate line and data line are insulated from and intersect each other, a reference voltage line parallel with the gate line and an extender protruding from the reference voltage line, a thin film transistor connected with the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor; and a reference electrode having a plurality of branch electrodes overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein an insulating layer is between the reference and pixel electrodes, wherein the reference electrode is connected with the extender through a contact hole of the plurality of contact holes, wherein the reference voltage line and the extender are disposed at the center portion of the pixel areas, wherein the spacers are positioned in respective pixel areas of the second pixel area group and disposed at portions in the respective pixel areas corresponding to where the contact holes are positioned in the pixel areas of the first pixel area group, and wherein the spacers overlap the extender in a pixel area of the second pixel area group.