Patent ID: 6781651
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display, comprising:a first insulating substrate; a black matrix formed on said first substrate, said black matrix being mesh-shaped with opening portions at pixel areas and comprising a plurality of separated portions; an insulating layer formed on and covering both said first substrate and said black matrix; a gate line assembly formed on said insulating layer, said gate line assembly comprising gate lines proceeding in a horizontal direction, and gate electrodes connected to the gate lines; a gate insulating pattern formed on and covering both said insulating layer and said gate line assembly; a semiconductor pattern formed on said gate insulating pattern; an ohmic contact layer formed on said semiconductor pattern; a data line assembly formed on said ohmic contact layer, said data line assembly comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode separated from each other, and data lines connected to the source electrode while crossing over the gate lines to define the pixel areas; and a protective layer covering said data line assembly and said gate line assembly while exposing said gate insulating pattern, said semiconductor pattern, and portions of said insulating layer placed at the pixel areas; and buffer layers placed at the same plane as said gate line assembly or said data line assembly, each buffer layer covering a gap between the separated portions neighboring each other.