Patent ID: 7190419

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a gate line on an inner surface of the first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a black matrix over the thin film transistor, the black matrix having an open portion corresponding to the pixel region and including a light shielding resin; a connection electrode over the black matrix, the connection electrode being connected to the thin film transistor; a color filter layer on the connection electrode, the color filter layer corresponding to the open portion; a plurality of pixel electrodes on the color filter layer, the plurality of pixel electrodes being connected to the connection electrode; a plurality of common electrodes on the color filter layer, the plurality of common electrodes being connected to a common line and alternating with the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.