Patent ID: 7796204

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, the method comprising: preparing a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate having a display area, a non-display area and a boundary area, the boundary area disposed between the display area and the non-display area; forming a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate within the display area; forming a plurality of gate pads on the first substrate within the non-display area; forming a plurality of gate link lines on the first substrate disposed in the non-display area and in the boundary area connecting the gate lines to the gate pads; forming a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of pixel regions; forming a plurality of thin film transistors adjacent to the crossing of the gate and data lines; forming a first insulating layer on the thin film transistors; forming a color filter layer on the first insulating layer in the pixel region; forming a second insulating layer on the color filter layer; forming a contact hole passing through at least the first and second insulating layers; forming a light-shielding pattern in the non-display area and the boundary area corresponding to the gate link lines and spaces between the gate link lines; forming a pixel electrode on the second insulating layer in the pixel region, the pixel electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor through the contact hole; and attaching the first and second substrates together.