Patent ID: 7884366

Claim:
A thin film transistor array panel comprising: a substrate; a gate line extending in a first direction on the substrate; a data line extending in a second direction on the substrate to intersect the gate line, the data line being insulated from the gate line; a thin film transistor including a control terminal connected to the gate line, an input terminal connected to the data line, and an output terminal; a color filter formed on the thin film transistor; a light blocking member formed on the thin film transistor, defining a space for storing the color filter, and including a first protection portion surrounding at least a region of the output terminal of the thin film transistor; a passivation layer formed over the thin film transistor and under the light blocking member and the color filter; and a pixel electrode formed on the light blocking member and the color filter, and contacting the region of the output terminal surrounded by the first protection portion of the light blocking member, wherein the pixel electrode is connected to the output terminal of the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed in the passivation layer disposed in a region enclosed by the first protection portion of the light blocking member.