Abstract:
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, the gate line connected to a gate pad, a data line on the substrate, the data line connected to a data pad and crossing the gate line for defining a pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, the thin film having a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes, a passivation layer over the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor, the passivation layer having a first contact hole exposing the drain electrode, a second contact hole exposing the gate pad, and a third contact hole exposing the data pad, a black matrix on the passivation layer over the thin film transistor, a first conductive pattern covering the first contact hole, a pixel electrode on the passivation layer at the pixel region, the pixel electrode contacting the first conductive pattern, an auxiliary gate pad connected to the gate pad through the second contact hole, and an auxiliary data pad connected to the data pad through the third contact hole.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating an array substrate having a color filter on a thin film transistor structure for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed in the present invention. The method for fabricating the array substrate includes forming a gate line and a data line crossing each other and defining a pixel region, forming a thin film transistor at each intersection of the gate and data lines, wherein the thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, forming a first insulating layer to cover the thin film transistor and the data line, forming a black matrix on the first insulating layer, except for a portion of the drain electrode, forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer to cover the black matrix, pattering the first and second insulating layers to expose a portion of the drain electrode, forming a first transparent electrode layer over a surface of the substrate to cover the patterned second insulating layer and the exposed portion of the drain electrode, patterning the first transparent electrode layer to form a pixel electrode in the pixel region, wherein the pixel electrode contacts the exposed portion of the drain electrode, forming a color filter on the pixel electrode, forming a second transparent electrode over a surface of the substrate to cover the color filter and the pixel electrode, wherein the second transparent electrode is in an amorphous state, irradiating a light to a portion of the second transparent electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region so as to crystallize the irradiated portion of the second transparent electrode, and forming a second pixel electrode in the pixel region by removing the non-crystallized portion of the second transparent electrode layer, wherein the second pixel electrode contacts the first pixel electrode over the black matrix.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other with a predetermined space therebetween, a liquid crystal material layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a seal pattern formed between the first and second substrates to surround the liquid crystal material layer, and a blocking layer formed over a first surface of the second substrate to cover the seal pattern.
Abstract:
An array substrate device includes a gate line formed on a substrate extending along a first direction having a gate electrode, a data line formed on the substrate extending along a second direction having a data pad disposed apart from a first end of the data line, the data and gate lines defining a pixel region, a gate pad formed on the substrate disposed apart from a first end of the gate line, a thin film transistor formed at a crossing region of the gate and data lines and including the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a black matrix overlapping the thin film transistor, the gate line, and the data line except for a first portion of the drain electrode, a first pixel electrode at the pixel region contacting the first portion of the drain electrode and the substrate, a color filter on the first pixel electrode at the pixel region, and a second pixel electrode on the color filter contacting the first pixel electrode.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate including a first soda lime glass material, an ion blocking layer on the first soda lime glass material, a color filter layer, and a common electrode, a lower substrate including a second soda lime glass material, a transparent organic insulator on the second soda lime glass material, and a thin film transistor on the transparent organic insulator, and a liquid crystal material layer interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.