Patent ID: 7372528

Claim:
An array substrate comprising: a transparent substrate; a light blocking pattern disposed on the transparent substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix shape, the pixel electrodes being spaced apart from the light blocking pattern by a first distance and spaced apart from neighboring pixel electrodes by a third distance; a plurality of switching devices including gate, drain and source electrodes, the drain electrodes of the switching devices being electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, respectively; a data line spaced apart from the light blocking pattern by a second distance, the data line being disposed under a region between the pixel electrodes and non-coplanar with the pixel electrodes, the data line being electrically connected to the source electrode, and the data line having a first width that is smaller than the third distance between pixel electrodes neighboring each other; and a gate line being electrically connected to the gate electrode to turn on/off the switching devices, wherein the light blocking pattern overlaps at least a portion of the pixel electrodes neighboring each other and at least a portion of the data line, the light blocking pattern being disposed between the data line and the transparent substrate.