Patent ID: 8531640

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate comprising: a plurality of gate lines extending at least approximately in a first direction; a plurality of data lines extending at least approximately in a second direction crossing the first direction; a thin film transistor connected to a corresponding gate line of the gate lines and a corresponding data line of the data lines, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode disposed on an insulating substrate, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the insulating substrate to overlap the gate electrode, a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor pattern, a source electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern, and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern to be spaced apart from the source electrode; a first electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer and connected to the drain electrode; and a second electrode overlapping the first electrode when viewed in a plan view, so as to form an electric field in cooperation with the first electrode when a voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes, wherein one of the first electrode or the second electrode is formed as a single unitary structure, wherein, in a plan view, the first electrode comprises a first portion overlapping the drain electrode and a second area not overlapping the drain electrode, and the second electrode does not overlap the first portion of the first electrode, and wherein a portion of the gate electrode extends from the gate line toward the first electrode, and a portion of the first electrode has a recessed portion positioned to correspond to the extended portion of the gate electrode.