(a) Technical Field
The present invention relates to a display panel and, more particularly, to a display panel for a liquid crystal display (LCD).
(b) Discussion of the Related Art
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, one of the commonly used flat panel displays, includes two display panels on which field generating electrodes such as pixel electrodes and a common electrode are formed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. In the LCD device, voltage is applied to the field generating electrodes to generate an electric field in the liquid crystal layer to thereby determine an alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer and control polarization of incident light, thereby allowing displaying of images.
In an effort to widen the viewing angle, liquid crystal molecules are aligned to be perpendicular to the upper and lower substrates and cutout patterns are formed on the pixel electrodes and the counter electrodes, and in another method, an electrode is divided into a plurality of sub-electrodes.
In addition, a gate line may be formed to be close to an upper boundary region or a lower boundary region of the pixel electrode for the purpose of increasing an aperture ratio.