Patent ID: 8035779

Claim:
A thin film transistor array panel comprising: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area; a display area signal line disposed in the display area; a display area thin film transistor disposed in the display area, the display area thin film transistor connected to the display area signal line; a plurality of peripheral area signal lines disposed in the peripheral area; a light blocking member disposed on the display area signal line, the display area thin film transistor, and the plurality of peripheral area signal lines; a transparent connector electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of peripheral area signal lines and another one of the plurality of peripheral area signal lines through at least one contact hole passing through the light blocking member; a pixel electrode connected to the display area thin film transistor; a colored spacer disposed on the light blocking member; and a light blocking assistance member comprising the same material as the spacer on the transparent connector, the light blocking assistance member covering at least the at least one contact hole.