Patent ID: 8300166

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a display panel, the method comprising: forming a gate line to divide a pixel region into a first region and a second region; forming a data line to be insulated from the gate line; forming a thin film transistor at a crossing of the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor comprising a drain electrode; forming a protective layer on the thin film transistor; forming a first contact hole and a second contact hole penetrating the protective layer; forming a first sub-pixel electrode on the protective layer and in the first region of the divided pixel region, the first sub-pixel electrode being directly connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole; and forming a second sub-pixel electrode on the protective layer and in the second region of the divided pixel region, the second sub-pixel electrode being directly connected to the drain electrode through the second contact hole, wherein the first sub-pixel electrode is directly connected to the second sub-pixel electrode via the drain electrode, wherein the forming the gate line comprises forming a gate electrode connected to the gate line, forming a storage line parallel to the gate line, and forming a storage electrode protruding from the storage line, wherein the forming the thin film transistor comprises forming an active layer overlapping with the gate electrode, forming a source electrode connected to the data line and one side of the active layer, and forming the drain electrode to face the source electrode, and wherein the forming the active layer further comprises forming an active extension portion extending from the active layer and overlapping with the storage electrode.