Patent ID: 7656496

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device having an active region and a liquid crystal margin region, the LCD device comprising: a first substrate having a thin film transistor array in the active region, the thin film transistor array including thin film transistors and gate and data lines crossing each other to define pixel regions; a second substrate having a first column spacer in the active region at a portion corresponding to a channel region of one of the thin film transistors, and a plurality of second column spacers disposed in the liquid crystal margin region, wherein the second column spacers are arranged in a honeycomb shape; a third column spacer disposed on the second substrate and being separated from an upper surface of the first substrate having the thin film transistor array at a portion corresponding to the gate line or the data line in the active region, wherein the first, second and third column spacers have the same height; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates; and a sealant disposed at an outer rim of the liquid crystal margin region, to bond the first and second substrates, thereby filling the liquid crystal layer therein, wherein the liquid crystal margin region is defined between the active region and the sealant, wherein the liquid crystal margin region is disposed around the active region.