Patent ID: 7714963

Claim:
An array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a pixel region including a transmissive area and a reflective area surrounding the transmissive area; a thin film transistor having a gate insulating layer, the thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line a first passivation layer on the thin film transistor, the first passivation layer having a drain contact hole exposing a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a through hole exposing the substrate in the transmissive area; a second passivation layer of an inorganic insulating material between the thin film transistor and the first passivation layer, wherein the second passivation layer has the drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode; a third passivation layer of an inorganic insulating material between the first passivation layer and the reflective plate, wherein the third passivation layer has the drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode; a pixel electrode on the first passivation layer, the pixel electrode contacting the substrate in the transmissive area through the through hole; a reflective plate on the pixel electrode, the reflective plate being electrically connected to the drain electrode through the drain contact hole and to the pixel electrode; and a drain terminal of a transparent conductive material positioned between the reflective plate and the drain electrode, wherein the drain terminal is formed of the same layer as the pixel electrode and patterned apart from the pixel electrode, and wherein the reflective plate is electrically connected to the drain electrode through the drain terminal.