Patent ID: 7648865

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a pixel structure, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a gate on the substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate to cover the gate; forming a channel layer on the gate insulating layer over the gate; forming a second metal layer on the channel layer; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the second metal layer, and removing a portion of the second metal layer by using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form a source and a drain on the channel layer at two sides of the gate, wherein the gate, the channel layer, the source, and the drain constitute a thin film transistor; forming a passivation layer on the patterned photoresist layer, the gate insulating layer, and the thin film transistor; removing the patterned photoresist layer, wherein the passivation layer on the patterned photoresist layer is removed simultaneously to form a patterned passivation layer and to expose the source and the drain; and forming a pixel electrode on the patterned passivation layer and the drain.