Patent ID: 7136116

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a plurality of gate lines disposed parallel to each other; a plurality of data lines disposed parallel to each other and perpendicularly to said plurality of gate lines; plural switching elements each disposed near an intersection between said plurality of gate lines and said plurality of data lines, each switching element having a source and a drain electrode, each said source and drain electrode overlapping one of said plural gate lines in plan view; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed over said gate lines and said data lines via an interlayer insulating film, so that in plan view, there is a gap between adjacent pixel electrodes, such that said gap between adjacent pixel electrodes at least partially overlaps with said gate line, an area where said source and drain electrodes overlap with said gate line to form the switching element being entirely outside said gap between adjacent pixel electrodes; and a plurality of control electrodes each disposed directly under said gap between adjacent pixel electrodes and over said gate line, as seen in plan view, said control electrode directly overlies said gate line, each of said plural control electrodes being an extension of a corresponding source electrode of one of said switching elements and being continuous with said corresponding source electrode.