Patent ID: 6905917

Claim:
A method of fabricating a thin film transistor array panel for a liquid crystal display, the method comprising the steps of: forming a gate line assembly on an insulating substrate, the gate line assembly including gate lines and gate electrodes connected to the gate lines; forming a gate insulating layer on the insulating substrate having the gate line assembly; forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; forming a data line assembly, the data line assembly including data lines crossing over the gate lines, source electrodes connected to the data lines and placed adjacent to the gate electrodes, and drain electrodes placed opposite to the source electrodes with respect to the gate electrodes; depositing a protective layer onto the insulating substrate having the data line assembly; patterning the protective layer to form first contact holes exposing the drain electrodes; and forming pixel electrodes on the protective layer such that the pixel electrodes are electrically connected to the drain electrodes; forming a low resistance conductive layer on the gate line assembly or the data line assembly.