Patent ID: 7829391

Claim:
A method of making an active matrix substrate, comprising the steps of: a) depositing a semiconductor film over a base substrate; b) depositing a first conductive film over the semiconductor film; c) patterning the first conductive and semiconductor films, thereby forming a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of conductive members so that parts of the semiconductor film, located between each said data line and associated ones of the conductive members, are not removed but left, wherein each said conductive member extends from associated one of the pixel electrodes along associated one of the data lines; d) depositing an insulating film over the base substrate; e) depositing a second conductive film over the insulating film; and f) patterning the second conductive film, thereby forming a plurality of gate lines, which cross the data lines, the pixel electrodes and the conductive members, and etching away the parts of the semiconductor film located between each said data line and the associated conductive members entirely except some of the parts of the semiconductor film that are located under the gate lines.