Patent ID: 7459723

Claim:
An active matrix substrate comprising: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines formed on the base substrate; a plurality of data lines, each said data line crossing all of the gate lines with a first insulating film interposed therebetween; a plurality of thin-film transistors formed over the base substrate, each said thin-film transistor being associated with one of the gate lines and operating responsive to a signal on the associated gate line; a plurality of lower-level pixel electrodes, each said lower-level pixel electrode being associated with one of the data lines and one of the thin-film transistors and being electrically connectable to the associated data line by way of the associated thin-film transistor; and a plurality of upper-level pixel electrodes located over the lower-level pixel electrodes with a second insulating film interposed therebetween, each said upper-level pixel electrode being associated with, and electrically connected to, one of the lower-level pixel electrodes by way of an associated contact hole, wherein each said upper-level pixel electrode and the associated lower-level pixel electrode together makes up a pixel electrode, which is connected to the thin-film transistor, associated with the lower-level pixel electrode, by way of a conductive member, and wherein the data lines, the conductive members and the lower-level pixel electrodes have all been formed by patterning the same conductive film, and wherein each said lower-level pixel electrode crosses one of the gate lines, while the conductive member for the lower-level pixel electrode crosses another one of the gate lines that is adjacent to the former gate line.