Patent ID: 7612854

Claim:
A substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate; a gate line along a first direction on the substrate; a data line along a second direction on the substrate, the data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, the pixel region having first and second sides opposing one another and first and second areas along the second direction; a thin film transistor on the substrate, the thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor, the pixel electrode including a first vertical part and a second vertical part, the first vertical part at the first side within the first area and the second vertical part at the second side within the second area; and a common electrode on the substrate, the common electrode including a first vertical portion and a second vertical portion, the first vertical portion at the first side within the second area and the second vertical portion at the second side within the first area, wherein the first vertical part and the first vertical portion are disposed in a line parallel to the data line, and the second vertical part and the second vertical portion are disposed in a line parallel to the data line.