Patent ID: 7184107

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising: forming an active pattern on a substrate; forming a first insulating layer on the substrate over the active pattern; forming a gate line including a gate electrode and a data line on the substrate, the data line including a plurality of segmented portions electrically disconnected from each other; forming source and drain regions in the active pattern; forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, the gate line, and the data line; simultaneously forming a pair of first contact holes through the first and second insulating layers exposing the source and drain regions of the active pattern, a second contact hole through the second insulating layer exposing a first lateral portion of a first one of the segmented portions of the data line, and a pair of third contact holes through the second insulating layer, a first one of the pair of third contact holes exposing a second lateral portion of the first one of the segmented portions of the data line, and a second one of the pair of third contact holes exposing a first lateral portion of a second one of the segmented portions of the data line; forming a conductive material along an entire surface of the substrate; and patterning the conductive material to form a drain electrode, a first connection line, and a second connection line on the second insulating layer.