A semi-transmissive in-plane switching (IPS) mode
liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, in which each pixel region can exhibit the same luminance in transmissive and reflective portions thereof while having a single
cell gap structure, is disclosed. A method for fabricating the semi-transmissive IPS mode LCD panel is also disclosed. The panel, in which each pixel region includes a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, comprises a color filter substrate, a
thin film transistor substrate assembled with the color filter substrate such that a
cell gap is defined between the
thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate, the
thin film transistor substrate including storage capacitors each forming, in the reflective portion of an associated one of the pixel regions, a horizontal
electric field different from a horizontal
electric field formed in the transmissive portion of the associated pixel region, to compensate for a
phase difference generated in the associated pixel region, and a
liquid crystal layer dispensed in the
cell gap, and oriented in a predetermined direction.