Patent ID: 7166864
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G02F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, comprising: a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, wherein the TFT array substrate includes: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate, the gate line including a gate metal material; a data line on the substrate crossing the gate line defining a pixel area; a gate insulating pattern between the gate and data lines; a TFT at the crossing of the gate and data lines; a passivation film over the TFT; a pixel electrode within the pixel area, wherein a portion of the pixel electrode is overlapped by a portion of the TFT; a gate pad connected to the gate line; and a data pad connected to the data line, wherein the gate line, the gate pad, the data pad, and the pixel electrode include a transparent conductive material and wherein the pixel electrode includes a gate metal material between the transparent conductive material and the overlapping portion of the TFT; and a color filter array substrate joined to the TFT array substrate, wherein: a first portion of the TFT array substrate is overlapped by the joined color filter array substrate; a second portion of the TFT array substrate is not overlapped by the joined color filter array substrate; wherein the gate and data pads are within the second portion of the TFT array substrate; and wherein the transparent conductive material within the gate and data pads are exposed by the passivation film.