Patent ID: 8258022

Claim:
A method of fabricating an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: forming a gate electrode on a substrate having a pixel region and a gate line connected to the gate electrode; forming an insulating layer on the gate electrode and the gate line, an active layer and an ohmic contact pattern on the insulating layer and corresponding to the gate electrode; forming source and drain electrodes on the ohmic contact pattern, the source electrode comprising a first source layer of a transparent conductive metallic material and a second source layer of an opaque conductive metallic material, the drain electrode comprising a first drain layer of the transparent conductive metallic material and a second drain layer of the opaque conductive metallic material; forming a pixel region from a data line connected to the source electrode and that crosses the gate line, wherein the pixel region is connected to the drain electrode and comprises a first pixel layer of the transparent conductive metallic material and a second pixel layer of the opaque conductive metallic material; and partially removing the second pixel layer to form a pixel electrode of the first pixel layer and an opaque metal pattern of the second pixel layer on end portions of the pixel electrode.