Patent ID: 7599032

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a unit pixel defined by a gate line formed on a substrate and a data line crossing the gate line; a switching device formed in the unit pixel; a common electrode line formed parallel to the gate line, the common electrode line including a first transparent electrode layer and a first conductive layer; a common electrode having a conductive portion and a light transmitting portion formed within the unit pixel and connected to the common electrode line, the conductive portion formed along a periphery of the common electrode including a second transparent electrode layer and a second conductive layer, and the light transmitting portion including a third transparent electrode layer disposed in a middle portion of the common electrode includes a third transparent electrode layer; a conductive path formed on the common electrode in a direction of the data line and electrically connecting the common electrodes of neighboring unit pixels, wherein the conductive path comprises a first conductive path formed of the same conductive material as a material of the data line and a second conductive path formed of the same material as that of the pixel electrode; and a pixel electrode having a slit region arranged to face the common electrode.