Discharging method of in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device

1. A method for discharging an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

providing a color filter substrate and a thin film transistor substrate;

forming a liquid crystal display panel by providing a liquid crystal layer between the color filter and thin film transistor substrates;

subsequently discharging at least one surface of the liquid crystal display panel using an ionizer system; and

after discharging the at least one surface of the liquid crystal display panel, performing a lighting test for the liquid crystal display panel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discharged surface is on the thin film transistor substrate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discharged surface is on the color filter substrate.

4. A method for discharging an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

forming a color filter substrate and a thin film transistor substrate;

providing a liquid crystal layer between the color filter and thin film transistor substrates to form a liquid crystal display panel;

subsequently discharging the thin film transistor substrate of the liquid crystal display panel; and

after discharging the thin film transistor substrate, performing a lighting test for the liquid crystal display panel.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the discharging of the thin film transistor is performed using an ionizer system.

6. A method for fabricating an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

providing a first substrate and a second substrate;

forming a plurality of thin film transistors on the first substrate;

forming a color filter on the second substrate;

forming an alignment layer on the first and the second substrates;

forming a liquid crystal display panel by attaching the first substrate to the second substrate; and

subsequently providing a discharging device for removing an electrostatic charge from the liquid crystal display panel,

wherein the discharging device is disposed at a rear surface of the thin film transistor substrate of the liquid crystal display panel.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein forming the alignment layer includes applying a thin film of polymer and performing a rubbing process.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first substrate includes a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate of the liquid crystal display panel.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising removing a shorting bar formed at an outer periphery of a pad portion of the liquid crystal display panel.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

disposing serially a cleaning unit and a lighting test unit.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein a discharging direction of the discharging device is oriented from an upper direction to a lower direction.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising supplying continuously positive ions and negative ions in equal amounts through a plurality of probes to the first substrate.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the negative ions are (N 2 − ) and the positive ions are (N 2 + ).

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing the discharging device at each of the cleaning unit and the lighting test unit to remove an electrostatic charge from a back surface of the first substrate.