Patent ID: 7268838

Claim:
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other on the substrate; plurality of thin film transistors electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors; a plurality of odd-numbered and even-numbered gate pads connected to the plurality of gate lines; a plurality of odd-numbered and even-numbered data pads connected to the plurality of data lines; a first shorting bar electrically connected to each of the odd-numbered gate pads, the first shorting bar made of a first material; a second shorting bar electrically connected to each of the even-numbered gate pads, the second shorting bar made of a second material different from the first material; a third shorting bar electrically connected to each of the odd-numbered data pads, the third shorting bar made of the first material; a fourth shorting bar electrically connected to each of the even-numbered data pads, the fourth shorting bar made of the second material; first, second, third, and fourth connection lines electrically connected to the first, second, third, and fourth shorting bars, respectively, the first, second, third, and fourth connection lines made of the first material; and first, second, third, and fourth test pads connected to the first, second, third, and fourth connection lines, respectively, the first, second, third, and fourth test pads made of the first material.