Patent ID: 8203681

Claim:
An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device comprising: gate and data lines defining a pixel region on a first substrate; a thin film transistor at an intersection of the gate and data lines; a common line; an outermost common electrode extending from the common line, formed in an outermost portion of the pixel region, the outermost common electrode having a width below 8 μm, wherein the outermost common electrode is not overlapped with the data line; a plurality of common electrodes formed in the pixel region and contacting the common line; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in the pixel region and contacting a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, the pixel electrodes alternating with the common electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an opposite second substrate, wherein the common line and the outermost common electrode are formed in the same layer as the gate line, and the plurality of common electrodes are formed in the same layer as the pixel electrodes, wherein the outermost common electrode comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion disposed more proximate to the common line than the upper portion, wherein the common electrode adjacent to the data line overlaps the upper portion of the outermost common electrode, and wherein a width of the lower portion is wider than a width of the upper portion.