An IPS mode LCD device and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed to improve an aperture ratio without an increase in resistance of a data line. The device includes a substrate; a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate; a plurality of data lines formed substantially perpendicular to the gate lines to define pixel regions, each of the data lines having at least one extending part at both sides thereof; a common line formed substantially parallel to the gate lines; a common electrode perpendicularly extending from the common line; a thin film transistor formed at a crossing portion of the gate and data lines; and a pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and formed substantially parallel to the common electrode.
A display apparatus comprises a plurality of pixel areas, each defined by gate lines and data lines, wherein the data lines are arranged with the gate lines forming an angular relationship with the data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in the pixel areas and configured to be essentially parallel with the arrangement of the gate lines.
