Patent ID: 7349051

Claim:
An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device comprising: first and second substrates; a gate line and a data line arranged in a substantially horizontal and vertical direction, respectively, on the first substrate to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor formed at a crossing of the gate line and the data line; a common line disposed substantially parallel to the data line at a center of the pixel region; a pixel electrode line overlapping the common line and forming a storage capacitor; a common electrode electrically connected to the common line, having a bent structure and being symmetric with respect to the common line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel electrode line, disposed substantially parallel to the common electrode, wherein a lateral electric field is formed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; a shielding line disposed substantially parallel to the data line at outer edges of the pixel region, and shielding a data signal reaching the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.