Array substrate and display panel having the same

Abstract

An array substrate includes a pixel electrode, a thin-film transistor (TFT) and a storage line. The pixel electrode has a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion and a connecting electrode portion to electrically connect the first and second electrode portions to each other. The second electrode portion is spaced apart from the first electrode portion by a predetermined distance in a first direction. The TFT is electrically connected to the pixel electrode to drive the pixel electrode. The storage line overlaps a portion of the pixel electrode and has an asymmetric connecting electrode closer to the second electrode portion than to the first electrode portion.

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       21 . A display panel comprising:
 an array substrate comprising a pixel electrode including a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion spaced apart from the first electrode portion by an opening portion, the second electrode portion disposed at a first direction of the first electrode portion; and   an opposing substrate facing the array substrate, the opposing substrate comprising a common electrode including a first domain-dividing portion which extends in a second direction different from the first direction, and the first domain-dividing portion overlapping a portion of the opening portion.   
   
   
       22 . The display panel of claim  1 , wherein the array substrate further comprises a storage line disposed closer to the second electrode portion than to the first electrode portion. 
   
   
       23 . The display panel of claim  2 , wherein each of each of the first and second electrode portions includes a cut-out portion tilted with respect to at least one of the first and second directions. 
   
   
       24 . The display panel of claim  3 , wherein the opening portion is substantially perpendicular to the first domain-dividing portion which extends in the second direction. 
   
   
       25 . The display panel of claim  2 , wherein the storage line extends in the second direction. 
   
   
       26 . The display panel of claim  1 , wherein each of each of the first and second electrode portions includes a cut-out portion tilted with respect to at least one of the first and second directions. 
   
   
       27 . The display panel of claim  6 , wherein the opening portion is substantially perpendicular to the first domain-dividing portion which extends in the second direction. 
   
   
       28 . The display panel of claim  1 , wherein the opening portion is substantially perpendicular to the first domain-dividing portion. 
   
   
       29 . The display panel of claim  8 , wherein the common electrode further comprises a second domain-dividing portion which extends in the second direction to be disposed substantially perpendicular to the first domain-diving portion. 
   
   
       30 . The display panel of claim  9 , wherein the first domain-dividing portion overlaps the first electrode portion, and
 wherein the second domain-diving portion overlaps the second electrode portion.   
   
   
       31 . The display panel of claim  1 , wherein the array substrate further comprises a thin-film transistor (TFT) electrically coupled to the first electrode portion, and
 wherein the pixel electrode further comprises a connecting electrode portion electrically connected the first and second electrode portions, and wherein the second electrode portion is electrically connected to the TFT through the connecting electrode portion.