Patent ID: 7876390

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising: a gate electrode pattern, a gate line pattern, a common electrode and a pixel electrode formed of a first conductive film on a first substrate, wherein the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed as a single layer; a gate electrode, a gate line, and a connection electrode formed of a second conductive film, wherein the gate electrode pattern and the gate line pattern are patterned near the lower portion of the gate electrode and the gate line, respectively, wherein the connection electrode is connected with a portion of the pixel electrode at an upper portion of the pixel electrode; a first insulation film formed on the first substrate which the gate electrode, the gate line, the connection electrode, the gate electrode pattern, the gate line pattern, the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed; an active pattern formed on the first insulation film; a second insulation film formed on the first substrate to expose a pixel region; a first contact hole exposing a portion of the connection electrode, and second and third contact holes exposing a portion of the active pattern near the left and right upper portions of the gate electrode, respectively; an etch stopper formed between the second and the third contact holes on the active pattern, wherein the etch stopper is formed of the second insulation film and wherein the active pattern is patterned according to a side of an edge of the etch stopper; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the active pattern, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed of a third conductive film, and operationally coupled to the portion of the active pattern through the second contact hole and the third contact hole, respectively, wherein the first conductive film comprises a transparent conductive material such as indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO) and wherein the second conductive film or third conductive film comprises an opaque conductive material such as aluminum (Al), an aluminum alloy, tungsten (W), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), or molybdenum (Mo); a data line formed of the third conductive film and substantially crossing the gate line to form the pixel region; and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate positioned in a facing manner.