Patent ID: 7927930

Claim:
A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising: providing first and second substrates; forming an active layer having a source region, a drain region and a channel region on the first substrate; forming a first insulation layer on the first substrate; forming first and second conductive layers on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode, a gate line and a pixel electrode by patterning the first and second conductive layers through a single photolithography process, the gate electrode and the gate line being formed as a dual layer having the first and second conductive layers and the pixel electrode being formed of the first conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer is formed of transparent conductive material and the second conductive layer is formed of opaque conductive material; forming a second insulation layer on the first substrate; forming contact holes exposing a portion of the source and drain regions by removing a portion of the first and second insulation layers and an open hole exposing a portion of the pixel electrode by removing the second conductive layer and the second insulation layer of an upper portion of the pixel electrode through a single photolithography process; forming a source electrode electrically connected to the source region through the contact hole; forming a drain electrode electrically connected to the drain region through the contact hole and directly connected to an upper surface of the pixel electrode, wherein an upper portion of an edge of the pixel electrode extends directly under the second insulation layer and is contact with the second insulation layer; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.