Patent ID: 6930732
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device, which has thin film transistors (TFTs), gate lines including even numbered gate lines and odd numbered gate lines, gate pads, data lines and data pads on a substrate, comprising: a first gate shorting bar disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate lines in a peripheral portion of the substrate; a second gate shorting bar spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the first gate shorting bar; a plurality of pixel electrodes, each pixel electrode contacting a respective one of the thin film transistors; and a connecting line having a disconnected portion, the connecting line electrically connecting the first shorting bar to the even numbered gate lines during a fabrication process of the array substrate and including a first line portion and a second line portion; wherein the two ends of the first line portion of the connecting line at the disconnected portion have a tapered shape in plane view and wherein the second line portion has a neck shaped bridge portion at one time during a fabrication process and then separated into two parts.