In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display having electrode for preventing static electricity

摘要

An IPS-LCD having an electrode for preventing a static electricity generated from an upper substrate, comprising: a lower and an upper substrates arranged oppositely and being spaced in a selected distance; a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules sandwiched between the lower and the upper substrates; a counter electrode and a pixel electrode formed on an inner surface of the lower substrate, the counter electrode being supplied with a common signal, the counter and pixel electrodes for generating the electric field for driving the liquid crystal molecules; and an electrode for preventing a static electricity formed on the portion of the upper substrate which corresponds to the counter electrode, the electrode being supplied with the common signal.