Patent ID: 7262827

Claim:
A pad structure for a liquid crystal display including a grinding area adjacent to an edge portion of a lower substrate of the liquid crystal display, a pad contact area and an anisotropic conductive film deposit area, the pad structure comprising: a tape carrier package layer to receive a driving signal; an anisotropic conductive film formed on a lower portion of the tape carrier package layer and covering at least the pad contact area of the liquid crystal display; an insulating film defining a plurality of contact holes therethrough, the insulating film disposed on a lower portion of the anisotropic conductive film in the pad contact area of the liquid crystal dispay; a plurality of gate and data pads; and a conductive layer electrically connecting the gate and data pads to the anisotropic conductive film through the contact holes, wherein the entire upper, side, and end surfaces of the gate and data pads are completely covered by the insulating film and the conductive layer and the conductive layer is completely covered by the ansiotropic conductive film, and wherein the pad contact area is separated from the grinding area by a predetermined interval.