Liquid crystal display and panel therefor

摘要

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display having excellent visibility.;A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: gate lines formed on an insulating substrate; data lines insulated from the gate lines and intersecting the gate lines; first pixel electrodes disposed on pixel areas defined by intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; first thin film transistors, each having three terminals connected to one of the gate lines, one of the data lines, and one of the first pixel electrodes; second pixel electrodes disposed on the pixel areas and capacitively coupled to the first pixel electrodes; and second thin film transistors, each having three terminals connected to a previous gate line, a storage electrode line or one of the data lines, and one of the second pixel electrodes.

主权项

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first insulating substrate; a gate line formed on the first insulating substrate and including first and second gate electrodes; a storage electrode line formed on the first insulating substrate; a gate insulating layer covering the gate line and the storage electrode line; first and second amorphous silicon layers formed on the gate insulating layer; a data line formed on the gate insulating layer and including a first source electrode disposed on the first amorphous silicon layer at least in part; a second source electrode disposed on the second amorphous silicon layer at least in part; first and second drain electrodes formed on the first and the second amorphous silicon layers at least in part and disposed opposite the first and the second source electrodes, respectively; a coupling electrode formed on the gate insulating layer and extended from the first drain electrode; a passivation layer formed on the data line, the first and the second drain electrodes, and the coupling electrode; a first pixel electrode that is formed on the passivation layer and is connected to or overlaps the first drain electrode and the coupling electrode; a second pixel electrode insulated from the first pixel electrode, connected to the second drain electrode, and overlapping the coupling electrode at least in part; a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate; and a common electrode formed on the second insulating substrate, wherein the coupling electrode is connected to the first drain electrode.