Patent ID: 7248326

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate with a plurality of parallel gate lines and a plurality of parallel signal lines thereon, wherein the gate lines and signal lines are perpendicular, and a pixel area is defined by two adjacent gate lines and two adjacent signal lines; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the pixel area, wherein the source electrode is electrically connected to one of the two adjacent signal lines; a first pixel electrode on the pixel area, electrically connected to the drain electrode; a second substrate a predetermined distance above the first substrate, having a plurality of color-filtering areas, each formed directly above the respective pixel area on the first substrate; and a second pixel electrode layer comprising a plurality of striped areas formed on the second substrate, wherein the striped areas are directly above the signal lines and hollow, and the plurality of striped areas are segmented by areas overlying the part of the signal lines where the source electrode adjoins.