Patent ID: 8325314

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising: forming an array substrate including: forming a gate line, a gate electrode and, a common line spaced apart from the gate line on a first substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line, the gate electrode and the common line, wherein the gate insulating layer has first and second thicknesses, and wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness; and forming a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a semiconductor layer and source and drain electrodes over the gate electrode, and first and second height adjusters, on the gate insulating layer, wherein the first height adjuster is formed on the gate insulating layer having the first thickness over at least one of the gate line and the common line, and the second height adjuster is formed on the gate insulating layer having the second thickness between the gate line and the common line, and wherein each of the first and second height adjusters has a semiconductor pattern and a conductive pattern that are made of the same material as the semiconductor layer and the source of the drain electrodes, respectively; forming an opposing substrate facing the array substrate; forming a gap spacer and first and second press-buffer spacers contacting the opposing substrate, wherein the gap spacer corresponds to the first height adjuster and contacts the array substrate, the first press-buffer spacer corresponds to the second height adjuster, and the second press-buffer spacer corresponds to a portion of the array substrate that has the gate insulating layer having the second thickness, and wherein a distance between the first press-buffer spacer and the array substrate is substantially less than a distance between the second press-buffer spacer and the array substrate; and interposing a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the opposing substrate.