Patent ID: 7932979

Claim:
A method for fabricating an LCD comprising: providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a storage line and a first storage electrode in the first region and an active pattern in the second region of the substrate using a single first mask, wherein the active pattern is formed as a silicon layer and the storage line and the first storage electrode are formed as a low-resistance first conductive film and wherein the storage line and the first storage electrode are disposed on a silicon pattern and connected to the silicon pattern, and the silicon pattern is isolated from the active pattern; forming a first insulation film, a second conductive film and a third conductive film on the substrate, wherein the second conductive film is made of a transparent conductive material and the third conductive film is made of a low-resistance opaque conductive material; simultaneously forming a gate electrode and a pixel electrode on the substrate by patterning the second conductive film and the third conductive film using a single second mask, wherein the first storage electrode on the silicon pattern overlaps with a portion of the pixel electrode to form a storage capacitor with the first insulation film interposed therebetween and wherein a pixel electrode pattern formed the third conductive film remains on the pixel electrode formed the second conductive film; forming a source region and a drain region by injecting an impurity ion by using the gate electrode as a mask; forming a second insulation film on the substrate; simultaneously forming a first contact hole and a second contact hole by removing the first insulation film and the second insulation film and exposing the pixel electrode pattern by removing the second insulation film using a single third mask; removing the pixel electrode pattern remaining over the silicon pattern and the first storage electrode and on the pixel electrode to expose the pixel electrode using the third mask; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode using a fourth mask, the source electrode connected to a source region via the first contact hole and the drain electrode connected to a drain region through the second contact hole.