Patent ID: 6292245
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device with an in-plane switching mode, the liquid crystal display device comprising:a gate line and a data line disposed to be orthogonal to each other and defining a pixel region;a thin-film transistor disposed at a cross portion of the gate line and the data line;an outer electrode located at an outside edge of the pixel region and connected with a common electrode line, and a counter electrode having an inner electrode connected to the outer electrode and disposed at an inside of the outer electrode; anda pixel electrode formed between the outer electrode and the inner electrode of the counter electrode and on the inner electrode, and connected to the thin-film transistor;wherein when a voltage is applied to the counter electrode and the pixel electrode, both a first electric field perpendicular to the data line and a second electric field parallel to the data line are formed between the counter electrode and the pixel electrode.