Patent ID: 7095471
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display (IPS-LCD) comprising: a lower substrate; a plurality of parallel scan lines and a plurality of data lines with equal distances positioned on the lower substrate, wherein the scan lines and the data lines are arranged in a crossing manner to form a pixel matrix, any two of the adjoining scan lines and any two of the adjoining data lines being crossed to define a pixel; a plurality of first electrodes formed in each of the pixels, wherein each of the first electrodes contains a plurality of first electrode offshoots, the first electrode offshoots being arranged parallel with each other and at two different planes on the lower substrate, wherein at least one of the first electrode offshoots on the higher plane overlaps another first electrode offshoot on the lower plane, and the two overlapping first electrode offshoots have same shapes; an insulation layer covering the scan lines and the first electrode offshoots at the lower plane; a plurality of second electrodes formed in each of the pixels, wherein each of the second electrodes covers at least one of the first electrode offshoots in each of the pixels; an upper substrate formed in parallel with and opposite to the lower substrate; and a plurality of liquid crystal molecules filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; wherein an overlapping portion of each of the first electrode offshoots and each of the second electrode serves as a storage capacitor of each of the pixels.