Patent ID: 8421970

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an LCD device comprising: forming an electrode layer for a pixel electrode on a first substrate; forming a predetermined alignment layer pattern for an initial alignment of a liquid crystal on the electrode layer, wherein forming the predetermined alignment layer pattern includes: forming a photo-reactive polymer layer on the electrode layer; applying light to the photo-reactive polymer layer using a predetermined mask pattern; and forming the predetermined alignment layer pattern by developing the photo-reactive polymer layer to which light is applied; removing portions of the alignment layer pattern in an area corresponding only to a light shielding layer formed on a second substrate opposite to the first substrate and a gate electrode on the first substrate, wherein a top surface of the electrode layer is exposed; and forming a pixel electrode pattern in a same pattern as the alignment layer pattern and a passivation layer in the same pattern as the pixel electrode pattern by patterning the exposed electrode layer and the entire passivation layer directly below the exposed electrode layer using the alignment layer pattern as a mask.