Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer disposed between first and second substrates in which the first substrate is divided into an active region and a pad region outside the active region, comprising:

• gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define pixels in the active region of the first substrate;
• a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in each of the pixels;
• common lines parallel to the gate lines in the active region;
• gate pads in the pad region, the gate pads electrically connected to the gate lines;
• data pads in the pad region, the data pads electrically connected to the data lines;
• at least one common electrode along edges of the pad region and electrically connected with the common lines;
• and
• at least one distortion preventing electrode contacting along the common electrode.

A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer disposed between first and second substrates in which the first substrate is divided into an active region and a pad region outside the active region, comprising:

• forming gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define pixels in the active region of the first substrate;
• forming a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in each of the pixels;
• forming common lines parallel to the gate lines in the active region;
• forming gate pads in the pad region, the gate pads electrically connected to the gate lines;
• forming data pads in the pad region, the data pads electrically connected to the data lines;
• forming at least one common electrode along edges of the active region and electrically connected with the common lines;
• forming an insulation film over the common electrode;
• and
• forming at least one distortion preventing electrode overlapping the common electrode with the insulation film interposed therebetween for creating a capacitance.

A method of forming a liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer disposed between first and second substrates in which the first substrate is divided into an active region and a pad region outside the active region, comprising:

• forming gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define pixels in the active region of the first substrate;
• forming a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in each of the pixels;
• forming common lines parallel to the gate lines in the active region;
• forming gate pads in the pad region, the gate pads electrically connected to the gate lines;
• forming data pads in the pad region, the data pads electrically connected to the data lines;
• forming at least one common electrode along edges of the active region and electrically connected with the common lines;
• and
• forming at least one distortion preventing electrode contacting along the common electrode.