Patent ID: 8493522

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: first and second substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and the second substrate; a gate line formed on the first substrate; a gate insulation layer formed on the gate line; a drain line formed on the gate insulation layer; a switching element comprising a gate electrode which is connected to the gate line, a first electrode connected to the drain line and formed on the gate insulation layer, and a second electrode formed on the gate insulation layer; a pixel electrode connected to the second electrode of the switching element and formed on the gate insulation layer; a first insulation layer formed on the second electrode of the switching element and the pixel electrode; an orientation film formed on the first insulation layer; and a counter electrode overlapped with the pixel electrode and the drain line, and formed between the first substrate and the orientation film, wherein the liquid crystal layer is driven by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the counter electrode is overlapped with a neighboring pixel electrode in a direction of the gate line extending, and wherein the pixel electrode overlaps with the second electrode between the gate insulation layer and the first insulation layer.