Patent ID: 7414691

Claim:
A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising: providing first and second substrates; forming an active layer having a source region, a drain region and a channel region on the first substrate; forming a first insulation layer on the first substrate; forming first and second conductive layers on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode, a gate line and a pixel electrode on the first substrate by patterning the first and second conductive layers; forming a second insulation layer on the first substrate; forming a contact hole exposing a portion of the source and drain regions by removing a portion of the first and second insulation layers and removing the second insulation layer of the upper portion of the pixel electrode except for a portion in a periphery of the pixel electrode; forming a third conductive layer on the first substrate, wherein the third conductive layer directly contacts with the second conductive layer in which both cover the entire upper portion of the pixel electrode; forming source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the source and drain regions through the contact hole by patterning the third conductive layer; opening the pixel electrode by removing the second and third conductive layers of the upper portion of the pixel electrode except for a portion in the periphery of the pixel electrode, wherein the drain electrode directly connected to the pixel electrode without any other contact hole; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.