Patent ID: 7619702

Claim:
A display panel including a first substrate having an array region and an array peripheral region, and a second substrate having a black matrix, the display panel comprising: a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate; a gate insulating film on the first substrate including the gate lines; a plurality of data lines arranged to cross the gate lines, for defining a pixel region on the array region; and at least one light leakage prevention film formed between the gate lines and/or data lines of the array peripheral region, for preventing light leakage, wherein the light leakage prevention film is physically spaced apart from the data lines and is formed of same material as the data lines, wherein the data lines and the light leakage prevention film between the data lines are formed on the same gate insulating film on the first substrate including the gate lines, and wherein the data lines and a substantial portion of the light leakage prevention film are coplanar to each other.