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Patent No.:

US 7333171 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2002
Applicants:

Hee-seob Kim, Hwasung-kun, KR;

Young-chol Yang, Kunpo, KR;

Jong-lae Kim, Seoul, KR;

Kyong-ju Shin, Yongin, KR;

Inventors:

Hee-Seob Kim, Hwasung-kun, KR;

Young-Chol Yang, Kunpo, KR;

Jong-Lae Kim, Seoul, KR;

Kyong-Ju Shin, Yongin, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes; an insulating substrate; a plurality of gate lines formed on the insulating substrate; a plurality of data lines formed on the insulating substrate, insulated from the gate lines, and intersecting the gate lines; a plurality of storage electrode lines formed on the insulating substrate, insulated from the data lines, and intersecting the data lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on the respective pixel areas defined by the intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, each pixel electrode having a cutout; a plurality of direction control electrodes provided on the respective pixel areas defined by the intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; a first thin film transistor connected to a relevant one of the gate lines, a relevant one of the data lines and a relevant one of the gate lines, a relevant one of the data lines and a relevant one of the pixel electrodes; a second thin film transistor connected to a previous one of the gate lines, a previous one of the data lines and a relevant one of the direction control electrodes; an a third thin film transistor connected to the previous gate line, the relevant data line and the relevant pixel electrode.


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