Patent ID: 8773604

Claim:
A horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display comprising: a gate line on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line with a gate insulating layer interposed between the gate line and the data line, the gate line and the data line defining a pixel area; a thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode that is connected to the TFT to receive a data signal; a common electrode pattern on which a common voltage is supplied; and a pixel common electrode that is electrically connected to the common electrode pattern to form a horizontal electric field together with the pixel electrode, the pixel common electrode contacting the common electrode pattern in a non-display area of an upper portion at one side of the pixel area, wherein the pixel common electrode contacting the common electrode pattern through a passivation hole is covered by a black matrix pattern, wherein a distance between the pixel electrode and the pixel common electrode contacting the common electrode pattern through the passivation hole that are opposite to a previous gate line is less than a distance between the previous gate line and the pixel common electrode contacting the common electrode pattern through the passivation hole, and wherein the pixel common electrode is contacted with the common electrode pattern through the passivation hole in the non-display area where a width of the gate line narrows.