Patent ID: 8378944

Claim:
An array substrate for an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device, comprising: a gate line on a substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate line; first and second data lines on the gate insulating layer and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a first thin film transistor (TFT) in the pixel region and connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second TFT in the pixel region and connected to the gate line and the second data line; a passivation layer on the first and second data lines and the first and second TFTs; a first pattern connected to the first TFT and extending along the gate line; a plurality of first electrodes connected to the first pattern and spaced apart from each other, the plurality of first electrodes parallel to the first and second data lines; a second pattern extending to be parallel to the first pattern; a second electrode extending along the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line by a first distance; a third electrode connected to the second pattern and extending along the second data line, the third electrode connected to the second TFT and spaced apart from the second data line by a second distance; and a plurality of fourth electrodes connected to the second pattern and alternately arranged with the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of fourth electrodes are disposed between the second and third electrodes, wherein a portion of the second TFT extends to overlap the first pattern.