Patent ID: 7453538

Claim:
An LCD device comprising: a substrate; a gate line arranged in one direction on the substrate; a gate electrode projecting from a first side of the gate line; a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a data line perpendicular to the gate line, thereby defining a pixel region, wherein the data line is adjacent to the gate electrode; a source electrode projecting from the data line; a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer at a fixed interval from the source electrode; an active layer below the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode in the pixel region, wherein a notch is formed in a second side of the gate line opposing the first side, and disposed between an edge of the gate electrode and an edge of the data line, such that a boundary of the gate line having the notch that overlaps the data line is greater than a width of the data line, and wherein a boundary of the gate electrode that overlaps the drain electrode is greater than a width of the drain electrode.