Patent ID: 7277149

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an array substrate for an IPS mode liquid crystal display device, the method comprising: forming a gate electrode, a gate line, and a common line on a substrate using a printing process; forming an active layer on the substrate including the gate electrode using a printing process; forming a source electrode, a drain electrode, a pixel electrode including a plurality of zigzag-shaped pixel electrode bars, and a common electrode including a plurality of common electrode bars arranged in an alternating pattern with the pixel electrode bars using a photo process, wherein a thin film transistor is provided by the gate electrode, the active layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode; forming at least one contact hole on the substrate, including the thin film transistor using a printing process, to expose a portion of the common line and a portion of the common electrode; and forming a connecting metal using a printing process to electrically connect the common line and the common electrode through the at least one contact hole.