Patent ID: 7567310

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: first and second substrates facing each other, the first substrate having a display area, a non-display area and a boundary area, the boundary area disposed between the display area and the non-display area; a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate within the display area; a plurality of gate pads on the first substrate within the non-display area; a plurality of gate link lines on the substrate disposed in the non-display area and in the boundary area connecting the gate lines to the gate pads; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of pixel region; a plurality of thin film transistors adjacent to the crossing of the gate and data lines; a first insulating layer on the thin film transistors; a color filter layer on the first insulating layer in the pixel region; a second insulating layer on the color filter layer; a light-shielding pattern in the non-display area and the boundary area corresponding to the gate link lines and spaces between the gate link lines; a pixel electrode on the second insulating layer in the pixel region, the pixel electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor through a contact hole passing through at least the first and second insulating layers; and a liquid crystal between the first and second substrates.