Patent ID: 7167218

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: a gate line formed on a transparent substrate; a data line crossing said gate line and formed on said transparent substrate; an insulating layer electrically insulating said data line from said gate line; a thin film transistor formed at an intersection of said gate line and said data line, and connected to said gate line and said data line, the thin film transistor being disposed in an area having a channel area, a source area and a drain area; a passivation layer formed over the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode having portions thereof formed on the surface of the passivation layer, but not over the thin film transistor; a low reflective layer covering at least a portion of at least one of said gate line and said data line and covering the area to shield the light passing the gate line, the data line and the area; and an upper substrate located above the pixel electrode, wherein an area between said pixel electrode and said upper substrate, and above said low reflective layer, is free of any black layer or light shielding layer.