An array substrate for use in an in-plane switching liquid crystal display
device includes a gate line on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate
line to define a pixel region having an aperture area; a thin film
transistor disposed at one corner of the pixel region and connected to
the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a
semiconductor layer; a common line spaced apart from and substantially
parallel to the gate line; a common electrode extending from the common
line and including a plurality of common electrode patterns, wherein an
outermost portion of the common electrode pattern is substantially
rectangle shaped within the pixel region and has a substantially circular
opening in the middle thereof; a capacitor electrode overlapping the
rectangle shaped common electrode pattern, the capacitor electrode
connected to the thin film transistor; a pixel connecting line
substantially parallel to the data line in the pixel region and connected
to the capacitor electrode; and a pixel electrode disposed within the
substantially circular opening, extending from the pixel connecting line
and including a plurality of pixel electrode patterns; wherein an
innermost pixel electrode pattern has a substantially circular shape and
other pixel electrode patterns are patterned to have circular bands, and
wherein the aperture area is circular banded shaped.