Patent ID: 6987548

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: first and second substrates; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) near the crossing of the gate and data lines, the TFT having a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a connecting pattern having an open portion between the drain electrode of the TFT and the data line, wherein the open portion electrically disconnects the drain electrode from the data line; a pixel electrode formed in a pixel region on the first substrate; a color filter layer formed on the pixel electrode, a portion of the color filter layer being in direct contact with the pixel electrode, wherein the connecting pattern is used for electrodepositing the color filter layer on the pixel electrode; a black matrix pattern formed in a region other than the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates.