Patent ID: 7362401

Claim:
An In Plane Switching (IPS) liquid crystal displaying apparatus, comprising: a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) array substrate; an opposite substrate opposed to said TFT array substrate; and liquid crystal interposed between said TFT array substrate and said opposite substrate, wherein said TFT array substrate comprises, a glass substrate, a gate insulating film formed on said glass substrate, a passivation film formed on said gate insulating film, a plurality of scanning lines configured to transmit a plurality of scanning signals and formed on said glass substrate, a plurality of signal lines configured to transmit a plurality of image signals and formed on said gate insulating film, a plurality of pixels arranged in a grid like pattern by crossing said plurality of scanning lines with said plurality of signal lines, a plurality of TFTs implementing a switching operation of said plurality of image signals based on said plurality of scanning signals, a plurality of driving electrodes formed on said passivation film and connected with said plurality of TFTs, a plurality of opposite electrodes formed on said passivation film, each of said plurality of opposite electrodes opposing each of said plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of common lines configured to connect each of said plurality of opposite electrodes with each of said plurality of pixels, wherein said TFT array substrate is provided with a light shielding means formed in such a manner as to superpose one signal line of the plurality of signal lines and one opposite electrode of the plurality of opposite electrodes, wherein said light shielding means is formed on a same layer as that of said plurality of scanning lines.