Patent ID: 8305536

Claim:
A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising: forming a gate line and a data line on a first substrate crossing each other to define a pixel region; forming a common electrode in the pixel region on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode of a transistor on the first substrate; forming an active layer below the data line, and between the gate electrode and each of the source electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the active layer below the data line has a protruded portion protruded from the data line; forming a passivation layer on an entire surface of the first substrate; removing the passivation layer and the protruded portion of the active layer to form first and second openings exposing the drain electrode and the data line within the second opening of the passivation layer, respectively, wherein the first opening exposes the drain electrode, and the second opening exposes the data line and the active layer below the data line and the protruded portion of the active layer is removed using the data line as a mask; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first opening, and a conductive layer pattern within the second opening to cover the data line and the active layer below the data line.