Patent ID: 7502087

Claim:
An in-plane switching liquid crystal display comprising: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel areas, the data lines having a straight line respectively; a thin film transistor formed at a crossing of the data and gate lines, wherein each thin film transistor is alternately disposed on a left pixel area and a right pixel area of the data line according to a pixel column to have a zigzag shape, the pixel column including the pixel areas parallel to the data line; a pair of common lines facing each other and substantially parallel to the data lines in the pixel areas; a common electrode integrally formed with the common lines, the common electrode being inclined by a predetermined angle; a pair of pixel electrode lines overlapping the common lines and substantially parallel to the common lines; and a pixel electrode integrally formed with the pixel electrode lines, the pixel electrode being inclined substantially parallel to the common electrode, the pixel electrode being arranged in an alternating pattern with the common electrode, wherein the common electrode and the pixel electrode each is symmetrically inclined with respect to a center line of the pixel area, the center line being a direction perpendicular to the data line, and wherein the gate lines are formed substantially parallel to the common electrode and the pixel electrode in each pixel area.