Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display comprising a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper substrates, in which a gate line and a data line intersect each other and define a pixel area on the lower substrate and a switching element is provided at an intersection between the gate line and the data line, the method comprising:

• forming a transparent common electrode on the substrate;
• sequentially forming the gate line, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, the data line, an interlayer insulating layer and a transparent pixel electrode having a plurality of slits on the transparent common electrode;
• and
• applying and rubbing an alignment layer for aligning the liquid crystal layer on the transparent pixel electrode,
• wherein arrangement between the transparent common electrode and the transparent pixel electrode is regulated with respect to the data line to reduce light leakage and coupling phenomena without a light shielding region above the data line,
• one end of the transparent common electrode is arranged between the data line and the transparent pixel electrode,
• a ratio (L3/L1) of a distance (L1) between the data line and the transparent pixel electrode to a distance (L3) between the data line and the transparent common electrode is within 0.75, and
• wherein forming the active layer comprises forming the active layer below the data line to have a plurality of separated closed curve patterns and make the data line have a curved shape.