A thin film transistor substrate comprises a gate line disposed on a substrate, a data line that crosses the gate line with a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area, and a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line. The thin film transistor substrate of a horizontal electric field applying type further comprises a pixel electrode plate connected to the thin film transistor, a protective film disposed to cover the data line, the thin film transistor and th...

A pixel electrode connected to a signal line through a switching element and a common electrode connected to a common wiring are disposed, as alternating with each other, within each pixel region. Common potential lines are disposed on level below the signal line with an insulating film in between and also on both sides of the signal line when seen in plan view. A floating electrode is disposed on level above the signal line with a protective film in between, as overlapping the signal line and t...

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 electr...

A multi-domain IPS (in-plane switching) liquid crystal display (20) includes a first substrate (201), a second substrate (202), liquid crystal molecules (203) filled between the first and second substrates, and gate lines (211) and data lines (212) formed on the first substrate. The gate lines and data lines define pixel regions arranged in a matrix. Each pixel region includes pixel electrodes (233), common electrodes (243), and a TFT (thin film transistor) (220). The pixel electrodes and the co...

To simplify a manufacturing process of a transverse electric field mode liquid crystal display device by using a non-linear resistance element such as a TFD (Thin Film Diode) as a switching element. In a liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates with liquid crystal interposed therebetween, one of the substrates consists of an electrode substrate. On the electrode substrate, there are provided a first group of electrodes, a second group of electrodes crossing the first group of el...

A substrate for an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes a gate line along a first direction, a data line along a second direction, the data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor at a crossing of the gate and data lines, pixel electrodes along a third direction within the pixel region, the pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistor, common electrodes along the third direction, the common electrodes being in an alternating pat...

Disclosed is a fringe field switching liquid crystal display. The fringe field switching liquid crystal display comprises a black matrix formed on an upper substrate, a pixel electrode formed above a lower substrate and having an edge portion overlapped with the black matrix by a predetermined region, and liquid crystal interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the edge portion of the pixel electrode has a linear line shape. According to such an edge portion of the ...

A liquid crystal display including: a first transparent substrate coated with a first alignment layer, a second transparent substrate coated with a second alignment layer, the second substrate facing the first transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, a polarizer attached on the outer surfaces of the substrates, a pair of electrodes formed on the first substrates, and a driving circuit applying signal voltage to the electrodes. The liquid crystal molecules adjacent to...

A multi-domain IPS (in-plane switching) liquid crystal display (20) includes a first substrate (201), a second substrate (202), liquid crystal molecules (203) filled between the first and second substrates, and gate lines (211) and data lines (212) formed on the first substrate. The gate lines and data lines define pixel regions arranged in a matrix. Each pixel region includes pixel electrodes (233), common electrodes (243), and a TFT (thin film transistor) (220). The pixel electrodes and the co...

An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, gate lines and data lines arranged in a matrix form on the first substrate to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor at a cross portion of the gate and data lines, a common line and a pixel electrode line in the pixel area to define an upper pixel area portion and a lower pixel area portion, first common electrodes and pixel electrodes connected to the common line and the pixel electr...