Patent ID: 7321406

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the plurality of gate lines to define a plurality of pixel regions on a first substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors at crossing points of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, wherein the plurality of thin film transistors are symmetrically formed with respect to a central gate line of the plurality of gate lines, and wherein two groups of the plurality of thin film transistors are adjacent to the central gate line and are connected to the central gate line; a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, each of the plurality of pixel electrodes residing in each of the pixel regions; and a black matrix including a first portion overlapping the plurality of thin film transistors, and a part that is integral with the first portion and renders the black matrix symmetrical with respect to the plurality of gate lines.