Patent ID: 8089068

Claim:
A thin-film transistor panel comprising: a substrate; at least one thin-film transistor which is formed on the substrate, and which includes: a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor thin film, first and second ohmic contact layers formed on the semiconductor thin film, and source and drain electrodes which are respectively formed on the first and second ohmic contact layers, wherein the semiconductor thin film includes a channel area between the source electrode and the drain electrode; at least one pixel electrode connected to the source electrode of the thin-film transistor; a first conductive coating film which is provided over and electrically connected to the source electrode, wherein the first conductive coating film overlaps the first ohmic contact layer, and wherein the first conductive coating film is formed of the same material as the pixel electrode; and a second conductive coating film which is provided over and electrically connected to the drain electrode, wherein the second conductive coating film overlaps the second ohmic contact layer, and wherein the second conductive coating film is formed of the same material as the pixel electrode; wherein the first conductive coating film is wider than the source electrode, and the second conductive coating film is wider than the drain electrode.