Patent ID: 8854565

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode and a gate line on a first substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; forming an active layer on the gate insulating layer and an ohmic contact layer on the active layer; forming source and drain electrodes spaced apart from each other and on the ohmic contact layer; forming a data line that crosses the gate line; etching a portion of the ohmic contact layer between the source and drain electrodes in a chamber of a dry-etching device to expose a portion of the active layer; forming a passivation layer on the first substrate which remains in the chamber, the passivation layer covering the portion of the active layer; forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode; and interposing a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrode and a second substrate, wherein the passivation layer does not overlap the source and drain electrodes, and wherein a portion of the passivation layer directly below the pixel electrode does not overlap the drain electrode.