Patent ID: 7773168

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: an insulating substrate; a semiconductor disposed on the insulating substrate, including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region; a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor; a gate line disposed on the gate insulating layer and overlapping the channel region; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the gate line; a data line disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and having a source electrode electrically connected to the source region; a drain electrode electrically connected to the drain region; a passivation layer disposed on the data line and drain electrode; and, a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the drain electrode, and wherein the data line overlaps the source region in a first direction parallel with the gate line, wherein the drain region extends in the first direction and the data line extends in a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein the data line overlaps the drain region in a region in which the data line and the drain region intersect.