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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, KR;
Seung Hyun Park, Seoul, KR;
Hyang Yul Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ji Eun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Soo Jeong Huh, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, gate lines on the first substrate, a gate insulating layer on the gate lines, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, data lines and a drain electrode on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data lines and the drain electrode and in which a contact hole that partially exposes the drain electrode is defined, a common electrode above the passivation layer, a pixel electrode connected with the drain electrode through the contact hole, overlapped with the common electrode, and including a plurality of branch electrodes connected to each other through a connection portion, a contact portion extended from the connection portion and connected with the drain electrode, and a protrusion protruding toward a neighboring pixel and provided at least one corners among the connection portion or the contact portion of the pixel electrode.