Patent ID: 7501298

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel, comprising: forming a gate pattern and a pixel electrode on a substrate, wherein the gate pattern includes a gate line, a gate electrode, a gate pad, and a data pad and wherein the gate pattern and pixel electrode include a transparent conductive material; forming a semiconductor pattern and a gate insulating pattern on the substrate, on the gate pattern, and on the pixel electrode; forming a data pattern on the substrate, the semiconductor pattern, and the gate insulating pattern, wherein the data pattern includes a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode overlapping the pixel electrode; exposing portions of the transparent conductive material within the data pad, the gate pad, and the pixel electrode within the data pattern; forming a passivation film over an entirety of the surface of the substrate; forming an alignment film on the passivation film in a predetermined pattern not overlapping the gate and data pads; and removing portions of the passivation film overlapping the gate and data pads using the alignment film as a mask, thereby exposing the portions of the transparent conductive material included within said gate and data pads, wherein the pixel electrode includes a gate metal material between the transparent conductive material formed and the overlapping drain electrode.