Patent ID: 7522227

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a plurality of gate lines and data lines defining pixel regions on a substrate; thin-film transistors formed at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; pixel electrodes formed at the respective pixel regions and connected with the thin-film transistors; a first common electrode and a second common electrode overlapped with both side portions of each pixel electrode to extend parallel to the data lines; an opened region of the first common electrode to divide the first common electrode into two parts in each pixel region; a connecting electrode overlapped with both separated portions of an open data line and the pixel electrode adjacent to the open data line, the connecting electrode being connected with both the separated portions of the open data line by use of welding points; and a cutting line to divide the pixel electrode into a first portion connected with the connecting electrode and a second portion connected with an associated one of the thin-film transistors, the cutting line passing through the opened region of the first common electrode.