Patent ID: 7667784

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: first and second substrates facing each other with a predetermined space therebetween; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the first substrate, the thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a passivation layer formed on the thin film transistor; a black matrix formed directly on the passivation layer and in contact with a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, the black matrix covering only the thin film transistor to expose the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode directly on the passivation layer, wherein the pixel electrode contacts the black matrix without an intervening insulating layer; a liquid crystal material layer disposed between the first and second substrates; a seal pattern formed between the first and second substrates to surround the liquid crystal material layer; a blocking layer directly on outer surface of the second substrate to completely cover the seal pattern from light; and a first polarizer formed over the outer surface of the second substrate, wherein the first polarizer is disposed on the blocking layer, and the blocking layer is directly in contact with an inner surface of the first polarizer, wherein the first polarizer almost entirely contacts the outer surface of the second substrate except a portion corresponding to the blocking layer, and wherein the blocking layer is between the outer surface of the second substrate and the inner surface of the first polarizer.