Patent ID: 7342616

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a gate electrode over a substrate; a gate insulating film entirely deposited over the substrate to cover said gate electrode; an active layer formed on said gate insulating film which overlaps with said gate electrode; an ohmic contact layer formed on said active layer; a source electrode formed on said ohmic contact layer; a drain electrode formed on said ohmic contact layer, the drain electrode being opposed to said source electrode to form a channel; a buffer layer formed over said source and drain electrodes; a storage electrode formed of a transparent conductive material located in a same layer as said gate electrode and a gate line; an auxiliary storage electrode connected to said storage electrode; a pixel electrode formed to oppose to said storage electrode having said gate insulating film in between said pixel electrode and said storage electrode, and said pixel electrode being electrically connected with said drain electrode without using a contact hole; and a protective layer covering said source electrode, said drain electrode and some portions of the pixel electrode, wherein a storage capacitor formed by the pixel electrode and the storage electrode that is located in the same layer as the gate electrode and the gate line are substantially the same size to stabilize a pixel voltage.