Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines formed of a first material and a plurality of data lines formed of a second material on a substrate, the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines crossing each other, a plurality of thin film transistors electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of gate pads connected to the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data pads connected to the plurality of data lines, a first shorting bar electrically connected to odd-numbered gate pads, the first shorting bar made of the first material, a second shorting bar electrically connected to even-numbered gate pads, the second shorting bar made of the second material, a third shorting bar electrically connected to odd-numbered data pads, the third shorting bar made of the first material, a fourth shorting bar electrically conn

Abstract: A liquid crystal display using horizontal electric field and a method of fabricating the liquid crystal display device that are capable of reducing the number of mask processes are provided. The liquid crystal display of horizontal electric field applying type has a thin film transistor array substrate, with a conductive film connected to a gate pad, a data pad and a common pad of a thin film transistor on the substrate. The pads are exposed on the thin film transistor array substrate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate and a thin film transistor array substrate using the same is disclosed. Picture quality deterioration may be prevented.

Abstract: An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate; an elongated gate line having a gate electrode on said substrate, said gate line extending in a first direction; a gate extension line on said substrate and that connects to said gate line, said gate extension line extending substantially perpendicularly to said gate line; a first insulating layer over said substrate, said gate line, and said gate extension line; a storage capacitor comprising a portion of said gate line, a conductive capacitor electrode that overlaps a portion of said gate line, an ohmic contact layer and a dielectric layer that includes said first insulating layer and a semiconductor layer; a passivation layer on said capacitor electrode; and a pixel electrode on said passivation layer, said pixel electrode contacting said capacitor electrode through a hole in said passivation layer.

Abstract: An array substrate for an IPS mode LCD device includes a gate line in a first direction on a substrate and a data line in a second direction over the substrate; a metal and a common lines in the second direction on the substrate and includes a plurality of first and second protruding portions in the first direction, respectively; a TFT connected to the gate and data lines; an insulating layer over the metal and common lines; a common electrode over the insulating layer and including a first common portion in the second direction and a plurality of second common portions in the first direction; and a pixel electrode over the insulating layer and including a first pixel portion in the second direction and a plurality of second pixel portions in the first direction, wherein the plurality of second common and pixel portions are alternately arranged.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate includes a gate line and a data line intersecting each other on a substrate with a gate insulating film therebetween, a thin film transistor at an intersection of the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to the gate line, a semiconductor pattern overlapping the gate electrode with the gate insulating film therebetween, and a source electrode and a drain electrode above the semiconductor pattern, and a pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode of the thin film transistor, the drain electrode substantially completely overlapping at least one of the gate electrode and the gate line.

Abstract: An array substrate for an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line along a first direction on the substrate, a data line along a second direction and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to the thin film transistor, and a common electrode in the pixel region and arranged in an alternating pattern with the pixel electrode, wherein each of the pixel electrode and the common electrode includes a transparent conductive pattern, and one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode further includes an opaque conductive pattern having a more narrow width than the transparent conductive pattern.

Abstract: A backlight is provided. The backlight unit includes a bottom frame having a topside and a backside. At least one lamp is disposed on the topside of the bottom frame. A socket connector is disposed on a backside of the bottom frame. The socket connector is connected to the fluorescent lamp. A backlight circuit board having a plug connector is connected to the socket connector.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an array substrate for an IPS mode LCD device includes: forming a common electrode using a double layer of a transparent material layer and an opaque material layer, the common electrode including a first transparent conductive material; forming source and drain electrodes on an ohmic contact layer and a data line connected to the source electrode, the source and drain electrodes being spaced apart from each other; forming a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes and the data line, the passivation layer including a drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode; and forming a pixel electrode on the passivation layer, the pixel electrode including a second transparent conductive material and being formed in an alternating pattern with the common electrode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes the steps of forming a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line, the gate electrode and the gate pad, forming an active layer on the gate insulating layer, forming an ohmic contact layer on the active layer, forming a data line, a data pad, and source and drain electrodes on the ohmic contact layer, forming a pixel electrode on the source and drain electrodes, the pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode, forming a first passivation layer on the substrate including the pixel electrode, forming a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer exposing the first passivation layer over the gate pad and the data pad, and patterning the first passivation layer exposed by the second passivation layer to expose the gate pad and the data pad.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes the steps of forming a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line, the gate electrode and the gate pad, forming an active layer on the gate insulating layer, forming an ohmic contact layer on the active layer, forming a data line, a data pad, and source and drain electrodes on the ohmic contact layer, forming a pixel electrode on the source and drain electrodes, the pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode, forming a first passivation layer on the substrate including the pixel electrode, forming a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer exposing the first passivation layer over the gate pad and the data pad, and patterning the first passivation layer exposed by the second passivation layer to expose the gate pad and the data pad.

Abstract: A transreflection-type liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a plurality of gate and data lines on a substrate crossing each other defining a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of storage lines parallel to the gate lines, each storage line positioned between the gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed at the crossings of the gate and data lines, each thin film transistor having source and drain electrodes and a U-shaped channel region, a negative-type organic insulating layer within the pixel region except for a transmission part, the negative type organic insulating layer having at least one of concave and convex patterns thereon, a reflective electrode on the negative-type organic insulating layer within the pixel region except for the transmission part, and a transparent electrode within the pixel region in electrical contact with the drain electrode.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display device which can improve quality of image by reducing a leakage current by a backlight, and a fabrication method thereof. The liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates; a plurality of gate lines aligned on the first substrate in a first direction; gate electrodes connected to the gate lines; a plurality of data lines for defining a plurality of pixels by vertically crossing the gate lines; source electrodes and drain electrodes formed on the gate electrodes and separated from the data lines with a predetermined gap; pixel electrodes formed in the pixel regions and electrically connected to the drain electrodes; connecting patterns for electrically connecting the data lines to the source electrodes; semiconductor layers disposed between the gate electrodes and the source/drain electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having an applied horizontal electric field comprising: a gate line; a common line substantially parallel to the gate line; a data line arranged to cross the gate line and the common line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor formed at each crossing of the gate line and the data line; a common electrode formed in the pixel area and connected to the common line; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, wherein the horizontal electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the pixel area; a gate pad formed with at least one conductive layer included in the gate line; a data pad formed with at least one conductive layer included in the data line; a common pad formed with at least one conductive layer included in the common line; a passivation film to expose at least one of the gate pad, the data pad and the common pad; and a driving integrated circuit mounted on a substrate to connect directly to one of the gate pad and the data p

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes m valid gate lines G1 to Gm arranged in a first direction with first constant intervals between gate lines, n valid data lines arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the valid gate lines with second constant intervals between data lines, and at least one dummy data line at a periphery of and in parallel with the n valid data lines. A method of driving a liquid crystal display is carried out by a general procedure of shorting the dummy data lines with a specific data line or by applying the same driving signals of a specific data line to the dummy data line.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes preparing an upper substrate and a lower substrate, bonding the upper substrate to the lower substrate, cleaning exposed surfaces of the bonded upper and lower substrates, and eliminating the exposed surfaces of the bonded upper and lower substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and method for manufacturing the same in which a plurality of patterns are formed on one substrate reduces the manufacturing cost and simplifies the process steps by minimizing the number of masks required to form the patterns. The LCD device includes first and second substrates, a thin film transistor (TFT) formed in a predetermined region on the first substrate, a pixel electrode formed in a pixel region on the first substrate, a color filter layer formed on the pixel electrode, a black matrix pattern formed in a region other than the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates. The method for manufacturing the LCD device having a pixel region defined by gate and data lines, includes the steps of forming a TFT on a first substrate, forming a black matrix pattern in a region other than the pixel region, forming a pixel electrode in the pixel region, and forming a color filter layer on the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a plurality of gate lines and data lines on the first substrate, a plurality of switching devices at cross portions of the gate and data lines, a passivation layer on the plurality of switching devices, a plurality of ball spacers on the passivation layer, a color filter layer on the second substrate, and a plurality of column spacers on the color filter layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines formed on a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes receiving data signals having different polarities from each other, a semiconductor layer formed along a direction of each of the data lines at a lower part of the data lines, and a plurality of light-shielding patterns formed along the direction of the data lines, wherein each of the light-shielding patterns overlap opposing edges of the data line and the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines formed of a first material and a plurality of data lines formed of a second material on a substrate, the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines crossing each other, a plurality of thin film transistors electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of gate pads connected to the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data pads connected to the plurality of data lines, a first shorting bar electrically connected to odd-numbered gate pads, the first shorting bar made of the first material, a second shorting bar electrically connected to even-numbered gate pads, the second shorting bar made of the second material, a third shorting bar electrically connected to odd-numbered data pads, the third shorting bar made of the first material, a fourth shorting bar electrically conn