Patent ID: 7006189

Claim:
An array substrate for an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate, the data line having at least one bent portion; a thin film transistor at a crossing portion of the gate and data lines; a passivation layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the thin film transistor, wherein the passivation layer is formed of one of silicon nitride film (SiN x ), silicon oxide film (SiO 2 ) and benzocyclobutene (BCB); a plurality of common electrodes on the passivation layer, the plurality of common electrodes having at least one bent portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of common electrodes overlaps at least a portion of the data line; a common line connected to the common electrodes; and a plurality of pixel electrodes on the passivation layer, the plurality of pixel electrodes being alternated with the common electrodes, each pixel electrode having at least one bent portion.