Patent ID: 7535533

Claim:
An in-plane switching mode display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on the first substrate to define a plurality of pixels, the data line being bent at least once; at each pixel: a switching device; at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode disposed substantially parallel each other to form a horizontal electric field substantially parallel with a surface of the first substrate; and a plurality of column spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to maintain a uniform cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the column spacers are disposed at the one side of the data line and the plurality of column spacers are arranged in a region substantially parallel to the data line, the region being disposed at the convex side of the data line so that the region is overlapped with the bent portions of the data lines and the column spacer are not disposed at the area where the data lines are disposed.