Patent ID: 6879353

Claim:
An in-plane switching liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate having a display region and a non-display region; a plurality of pixels in the display region; a plurality of first and second electrodes on the substrate such that an electric field is formed between the first and second electrodes substantially parallel to the substrate when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes; a plurality of electrostatic discharge devices in the non-display region, wherein each electrostatic discharge device is at a distance of more than one pixel pitch from the pixels; a plurality of first connecting lines in the non-display region, each first connecting line connecting a pixel to one of the electrostatic discharge devices, a plurality of second connecting lines in the non-display region; and a plurality of pads in the non-display region, wherein one electrostatic discharge device is located between one of the first connecting lines and one of the second connecting lines, wherein each pad is between about 1 to about 2.5 millimeters from each electrostatic discharge device.