Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display having structure for preventing shorts between two electrodes

A fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display comprising:

• a transparent insulating substrate;
• a first gate bus line and a second gate bus line arranged in a first direction on the transparent insulating substrate, wherein the first and second gate bus lines arc separated by a first distance;
• a common bus lines arranged in the first direction between the first and second gate bus lines along the middle of the first distance;
• a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction crossing the first and second gate bus lines and the common bus line arranged in the first direction, wherein a first unit pixel is formed by a pair of data bus lines intersecting the first gate bus line and the common bus line and a second unit pixel is formed by the pair of data bus lines intersecting the common bus line and the second gate bus line;
• a thin film transistor for each unit pixel disposed adjacent the intersection of each of the first and second gate bus lines and the corresponding one of the intersecting data bus lines;
• a counter electrode disposed in each of the first and second unit pixels and made of a transparent conductor, the counter electrode being in contact with the common bus line;
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• a pixel electrode disposed in each of the first and second unit pixels and made of a transparent conductor, the pixel electrode overlapping with the counter electrode and being in contact with the corresponding thin film transistor.