Patent ID: 8361846

Claim:
A method of fabricating an array substrate for a display device, the method comprising: forming a gate line, and a gate electrode connected to the gate line, on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the gate electrode; forming an active layer, an ohmic contact layer, and source and drain electrodes on the gate insulating layer using a photo mask including a transmissive portion, a semi-transmissive portion and a blocking portion; forming a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode on the passivation layer, wherein the source and drain electrodes are separated from each other to define a separate region, wherein the separate region is defined between opposing sides of the source and drain electrodes, wherein the separate region includes first to third regions in different directions, and wherein the active layer is removed in at least one of the first to third regions to expose the gate insulating layer.