In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device including multi-layer electrode

An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device, comprising:

• first and second substrates facing each other;
• a gate line and a data line arranged on the first substrate crossing each other and defining a pixel region;
• a switching device at a crossing of the gate line and the data line on the first substrate;
• a passivation layer on the first substrate, wherein the passivation film includes a contact hole;
• a common electrode and a pixel electrode alternately disposed in the pixel region, at least one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode including a multi-layer having an opaque reflectance reducing layer and a transparent conductor layer, the transparent conductor layer is formed on an upper surface of the opaque reflectance reducing layer;
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• a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates,
• wherein the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed to generate an electric field parallel to a surface of the first substrate, the opaque reflectance reducing layer has a width smaller than a width of the transparent conductor layer so that a portion of an area of a bottom surface of the transparent conductor layer is contacted with a whole area of the upper surface of the opaque reflectance reducing layer and an overhanging side surface of the transparent conductive layer is not contacted with a side surface of the opaque reflectance reducing layer,
• wherein the side surface of the opaque reflectance reducing layer to be not contacted with the transparent conductor layer is vertical to an upper surface of the passivation film, and
• wherein a portion of the opaque reflectance reducing layer is formed in the contact hole and a bottom surface of the opaque reflectance reducing layer is directly contacted with the upper surface of the passivation film.