Patent ID: 8471991

Claim:
An array substrate comprising: a first pixel electrode including a plurality of first slit electrode portions and a first supporting electrode portion, the first slit electrode portions extending in a zigzag fashion along a shape of a unit pixel area in a first direction, the first supporting electrode portion being connected with the first slit electrode portions; and a second pixel electrode including a plurality of second slit electrode portions and a second supporting electrode portion, and forming a horizontal electric field with the first pixel electrode, the second slit electrode portions extending in the zigzag fashion along the shape of the unit pixel area in the first direction, each of the second slit electrode portions being disposed between adjacent first slit electrode portions, the second supporting electrode portion being connected with the second slit electrode portions, wherein the first and second pixel electrodes respectively further comprise first and second gap compensating protrusions, and the first and second gap compensating protrusions protrude substantially parallel to the first and second slit electrode portions from bending portions in which the first and second slit electrode portions are bent in the zigzag fashion.