Array substrate, manufacture method thereof, and display device

A display device, comprising:

• an array substrate comprising:
• a base substrate;
• a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the base substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are insulated from each other and cross each other to define a plurality of pixel units;
• a plurality of pixel electrodes;
• a common electrode layer including at least one first slot and at least one second slot, wherein the at least one second slot is at least partially overlapped with the at least one first slot, and the common electrode layer has a plurality of common electrodes;
• at least one shielding electrode disposed above a data line;
• and
• at least one shielding branch electrode disposed above a gate line and electrically connected to the at least one shielding electrode,
• wherein the at least one first slot and the at least one shielding electrode are extending in an extension direction of the plurality of data lines, the at least one second slot and the at least one shielding branch electrode are extending in an extension direction of the plurality of gate lines, a projection of the at least one shielding electrode onto the data line is at least partially overlapped with the data line, a projection of the at least one shielding branch electrode onto the gate line is at least partially overlapped with the gate line, and the array substrate exhibits at least one raised area where the at least one shielding branch electrode is embedded;
• an opposite substrate including a plurality of photo spacers;
• and
• display medium sandwiched between the array substrate and the opposite substrate,
• wherein at least one photo spacer is attached to the at least one raised area where the at least one shielding branch electrode is embedded.

A method for fabricating an array substrate, comprising:

• providing a base substrate,
• forming a plurality of gate lines on the base substrate;
• forming a plurality of data lines on the base substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are insulated from each other and cross each other to define a plurality of pixel units,
• forming a fifth insulating layer on the plurality of data lines;
• forming a plurality of pixel electrodes above the plurality of data lines;
• forming at least one shielding electrode above a data line and at least one shielding branch electrode above a gate line, wherein the at least one shielding electrode and the at least one shielding branch electrode are electrically connected;
• forming a common electrode layer including at least one first slot and at least one second slot above the plurality of data lines, wherein the at least one first slot is at least partially overlapped with the at least one second slot and the common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrodes,
• wherein the at least one first slot and the at least one shielding electrode are extending in an extension direction of the plurality of data lines, the at least one second slot and the at least one shielding branch electrode are extending in an extension direction of the plurality of gate lines, a projection of the at least one shielding electrode onto the data line is at least partially overlapped with the data line, a projection of the at least one shielding branch electrode onto the gate line is at least partially overlapped with the gate line, and the array substrate exhibits at least one raised area where the at least one shielding branch electrode is embedded.