Patent ID: 8378354

Claim:
A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a first pixel cell defined at a crossing of a first gate line and a data line; and a second pixel cell defined at a crossing of a second gate line and the data line, wherein the first and second pixel cells are disposed along a first horizontal direction corresponding to a direction of the data line; wherein each of the first and second pixel cells comprises: a thin film transistor located at a crossing of one of the first and second gate lines and the data line; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and including first and second sides parallel and opposite to each other; a protrusion of the pixel electrode that extends from the first side of the pixel electrode along the first horizontal direction; and a portion of the pixel electrode that extends from the second side of the pixel electrode along a second horizontal direction opposite and parallel to the first horizontal direction, wherein the thin film transistor comprises: a gate electrode extending from the one of the first and second gate lines; an insulating film on the gate electrode, the first gate line, and the second gate line; a semiconductor pattern which overlaps the gate electrode; a source electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern and extending from the data line; and a drain electrode facing the source electrode, connecting to a portion of the pixel electrode that passes through a passivation film, and spaced apart from the protrusion in a third horizontal direction perpendicular to the first and second horizontal directions, wherein the protrusion of the first pixel cell extends at least between the portion of the second pixel cell and the source electrode of the first pixel cell in the third horizontal direction, wherein the drain electrode of the first pixel cell, the source electrode of the first pixel cell, the protrusion of the first pixel cell, and the portion of the second pixel cell are spaced apart from each other along the third horizontal direction and are sequentially disposed on the gate electrode of the first pixel cell along the third horizontal direction, and wherein each of the first, second, and third horizontal directions are parallel to a display surface of the liquid crystal display panel.