Patent ID: 7023501
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a plurality of gate lines extending in one direction on a transparent substrate; a plurality of data lines extending in a perpendicular direction to said gate lines such that active regions are defined at crossover points between said plurality of gate and data lines; a plurality of gate electrodes formed on said plurality of gate lines near said active regions; a plurality of source electrodes formed over said plurality of data lines near said active regions; a plurality of drain electrodes formed over said plurality of gate lines near said active regions; a protection layer formed on said plurality of drain electrodes; and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on said protection layer within regions defined between adjacent gate and data lines, each pixel electrode contacting the transparent substrate and overlapping at least a portion of a gate line adjacent to said pixel electrode such that said pixel electrode and said portion of gate line electrode form plates of a storage capacitor without an intervening conductor therebetween, wherein a contact hole is defined over a portion of said pixel electrode such that said pixel electrode in covers the bottom and adjacent sides of said contact hole, wherein a portion of said drain electrode contacts said pixel electrode on said adjacent sides of said contact hole with said protection layer formed between said pixel electrode and said drain electrode.