Patent ID: 7470932

Claim:
A liquid crystal display panel, comprising: a thin film transistor array substrate, wherein the thin film transistor array substrate includes: a gate line on a first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line and defining a pixel area; a gate insulating film between the gate and data lines; a thin film transistor at the crossing of the gate and data lines; a protective film over the substrate; a pixel opening defined within the protective film and the gate insulating film, wherein the pixel opening is aligned within the pixel area; and a pixel electrode within the pixel opening, wherein the pixel electrode is connected to the thin film transistor; a color filter array substrate joined to the thin film transistor array substrate, wherein the color filter array substrate is spaced apart from the thin film transistor array substrate; a pattern spacer between the thin film transistor array substrate and the color filter array substrate, wherein the pattern spacer overlaps at least one of the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor; a rib between the thin film transistor array substrate and the color filter array substrate and overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein the pattern spacer and the rib are formed of the same layer; and liquid crystal material between the thin film transistor array substrate and the color filter array substrate.