Patent ID: 8836901
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating a display device, the method comprising: forming a gate line and a gate electrode on a substrate, the substrate having a display region and a non-display region; forming first and second semiconductor layers, a data line, source and drain electrodes and a peripheral line, wherein the data line crosses the gate line to define a pixel region in the display region, and the peripheral line has a plurality of openings in the non-display region; forming a passivation layer on the peripheral line in the non-display region; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode in the pixel region, wherein the second semiconductor layer extends along and below the peripheral line, and the passivation layer directly contacts the second semiconductor layer, etching a metal layer in an etching process to form a source-drain electrode pattern, the data line, and the peripheral line, and etching the plurality of openings in the peripheral line in the same etching process, and wherein when the passivation layer is applied on the data line and the peripheral line, the passivation layer fills in the openings of the peripheral line.