Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a gate line, a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer sequentially formed on a substrate; a data line and a drain electrode formed at least on the semiconductor layer; a first passivation layer formed on the data line and the drain electrode and having a first contact hole exposing the drain electrode at least in part; a second passivation layer formed on the first passivation layer and having a second contact hole that is disposed on the first contact hole and has a first bottom edge, placed outside the first contact hole and a second bottom edge placed inside the first contact hole; and a pixel electrode formed on the second passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode through the first and the second contact holes.

Abstract: A TFT array panel includes an insulating substrate, a gate line and a storage electrode line formed thereon. The gate line and the storage electrode line are covered with a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor island is formed on the gate insulating layer. A pair of ohmic contacts are formed on the semiconductor island, and a data line and a drain electrode are formed thereon. The data line and the drain electrode are covered with a passivation layer having a contact hole exposing the drain electrode. A pixel electrode is formed on the passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole. The TFT array panel is covered with an alignment layer rubbed approximately in a direction from the upper left corner to the lower right corner of the TFT array panel or the pixel electrodes. The pixel electrode has approximately a rectangular shape and overlaps the gate line and the data line.

Abstract: A TFT array panel includes an insulating substrate, a gate line and a storage electrode line formed thereon. The gate line and the storage electrode line are covered with a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor island is formed on the gate insulating layer. A pair of ohmic contacts are formed on the semiconductor island, and a data line and a drain electrode are formed thereon. The data line and the drain electrode are covered with a passivation layer having a contact hole exposing the drain electrode. A pixel electrode is formed on the passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole. The TFT array panel is covered with an alignment layer rubbed approximately in a direction from the upper left corner to the lower right corner of the TFT array panel or the pixel electrodes. The pixel electrode has approximately a rectangular shape and overlaps the gate line and the data line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film transistor substrate and a system for inspecting the same. The thin film transistor substrate comprises gate wiring formed on an insulation substrate and including gate lines, and gate electrodes and gate pads connected to the gate lines; a gate insulation layer covering the gate wiring; a semiconductor layer formed over the gate insulation layer; data wiring formed over the gate insulation layer and including data pads; a protection layer covering the data wiring; auxiliary pads connected to the data pads through contact holes formed in the protection layer; and a pad auxiliary layer formed protruding a predetermined height under the data pads.

Abstract: Disclosed is a simplified manufacturing method for liquid crystal displays. A gate wire including a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode is formed on an insulating substrate. Next, a gate insulating layer covering the gate wire, a semiconductor layer, an ohmic contact layer, and a data conductive layer are sequentially deposited, and a photoresist pattern is formed on the data conductive layer. Following this step, the data conductive layer, using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask, is etched to form a data wire including a data line, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a data pad. Next, the photoresist pattern is reflowed to cover the portion between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a portion of the ohmic contact layer adjacent to a periphery of the data wire. Subsequently, portions of the ohmic contact layer and the semiconductor layer, which are not covered by the photoresist pattern, are etched, and the photoresist pattern is removed.

Abstract: A first wiring is formed on an array substrate, such that the first wiring has a first protrusion. A second wiring is formed on a different layer from that of the first wiring, such that a portion of the second wiring overlaps with the first protrusion. A protection layer that covers the first and second wirings is formed, such that the protection layer has first and second contact holes that expose the first and second wirings, respectively. Then, a third wiring that electrically connects the first wiring to the second wiring through the first and second contact holes is formed. When electrical connection between the first and second wirings is abnormal, a laser beam is irradiated toward the first protrusion, so that the electrical connection may be repaired.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a display cell array circuit including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of pixel electrodes; a gate driving circuit supplying gate signals to the gate lines; and a signal line connected to the gate driving circuit and including first and second line segments separated from each other and a connection member connected to the first and second line segments through at least a contact hole exposing at least one of the first and the second line segments.

Abstract: A device and corresponding method of fabrication thereof are disclosed, where the device provides a contact for semiconductor and display devices, the device including a substrate, a first wiring line assembly formed on the substrate, an under-layer formed on the first wiring line assembly, an organic insulating layer formed on the under-layer such that the organic insulating layer covers the under-layer, a pattern on the organic insulating layer for contact holes to expose the under-layer, etched contact holes formed in the under-layer in correspondence with the pattern such that the underlying first wiring line assembly is exposed to the outside, a cured organic insulating layer formed on the under-layer, and a second wiring line assembly formed on the organic insulating layer such that the second wiring line assembly is connected to the first wiring line assembly through the etched contact holes, and the corresponding method of fabrication including forming a first wiring line assembly on a substrate, form

Abstract: First, a conductive material of aluminum-based material is deposited and patterned to form a gate wire including a gate line, a gate pad, and a gate electrode. A gate insulating layer is formed by depositing nitride silicon in the range of more than 300° C. for 5 minutes, and a semiconductor layer an ohmic contact layer are sequentially formed. Next, a conductor layer of a metal such as Cr is deposited and patterned to form a data wire include a data line intersecting the gate line, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a data pad. Then, a passivation layer is deposited and patterned to form contact holes exposing the drain electrode, the gate pad and the data pad. Next, indium zinc oxide is deposited and patterned to form a pixel electrode, a redundant gate pad and a redundant data pad respectively connected to the drain electrode, the gate pad and the data pad.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a color filter substrate includes forming a plurality of trenches having a predetermined depth by etching a surface of a transparent substrate, disposing a color filter material in the plurality of trenches to form a color filter layer, and forming a transparent electrode on the transparent substrate including the color filter layer therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor array panel and a method for manufacturing the same. A thin film transistor array panel according to the present invention includes a substrate, a light blocking member formed on the substrate and including a first furrow and a receiving portion, a gate line disposed on the first furrow, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate line, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. The source electrode is an extension of the data line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film transistor array panel. The panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of a matrix each with a pixel electrode and a switching element connected to the pixel electrode, and a plurality of gate lines connected to the switching elements and extending in the row direction. A pair of the gate lines are connected to pixels in each pixel row. A plurality of data lines are connected to the switching elements, and elongated in the column direction. Each data line is provided between two columns of the pixels. The respective data lines are horizontally bent between the two adjacent gate lines, and vertically extend between the two pixel rows.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel and a method of its manufacture are presented. The thin film transistor array panel according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a gate line extending in a first direction on the substrate, a data line extending in a second direction on the substrate and intersecting and insulated from the gate line, a thin film transistor including a control terminal connected to the gate line, an input terminal connected to the data line and an output terminal, a color filter formed on the thin film transistor, a light blocking member formed on the thin film transistor, defining the space for storing the color filter, and including a first protection portion surrounding at least the region of the output terminal of the thin film transistor, and a pixel electrode formed on the light blocking member and the color filter and contacting the region of the output terminal surrounded by the first protection portion of the light blocking member.

Abstract: A first wiring is formed on an array substrate, such that the first wiring has a first protrusion. A second wiring is formed on a different layer from that of the first wiring, such that a portion of the second wiring overlaps with the first protrusion. A protection layer that covers the first and second wirings is formed, such that the protection layer has first and second contact holes that expose the first and second wirings, respectively. Then, a third wiring that electrically connects the first wiring to the second wiring through the first and second contact holes is formed. When electrical connection between the first and second wirings is abnormal, a laser beam is irradiated toward the first protrusion, so that the electrical connection may be repaired.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate includes a semiconductor pattern, a conductive pattern, a first wiring pattern, an insulation pattern and a second wiring pattern. The semiconductor pattern is formed on a substrate. The conductive pattern is formed as a layer identical to the semiconductor pattern on the substrate. The first wiring pattern is formed on the semiconductor pattern. The first wiring pattern includes a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode. The insulation pattern is formed on the substrate having the first wiring pattern to cover the first wiring pattern. The second wiring pattern is formed on the insulation pattern. The second wiring pattern includes a gate electrode formed on the source and drain electrodes. Therefore, a TFT substrate is manufactured using two or three masks, so that manufacturing costs may be decreased.

Abstract: A thin film array panel is provided, which includes: a gate line formed on a substrate; a first insulating layer formed on the gate line; a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer; a data line formed on the gate insulating layer and intersecting the gate line; a drain electrode formed at least on the semiconductor layer; a conductor arranged in parallel to the data line; a second insulating layer formed on the data line, the drain electrode, and the conductor and having a first contact hole exposing a portion of the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode formed on the second insulating layer, connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole, fully covering the data line.

Abstract: Contamination is blocked from material of a color filter layer provided on a thin-film transistors (TFT) supporting substrate by sealing over the color filter layer with an inorganic insulating layer. During mass production manufacture, a plasma surface cleaning step is employed after the color filter layer is deposited but before the inorganic insulating layer is deposited. A low temperature CVD process is used to deposit the inorganic insulating layer with a substantially uniform thickness conformably over the color filter layer including conformably into openings provided through the color filter layer.

Abstract: A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A blue color filter and a first light shielding pattern are simultaneously formed on top of a substrate through a photolithography process using a blue photoresist layer. Light shielding columns functioning as column spacers are formed above thin film transistors to prevent light leakage through the thin film transistors.

Abstract: A thin film array panel is provided, which includes: a plurality of signal lines including contact parts for contact with an external device; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the signal lines; an insulating layer formed on the signal lines and the thin film transistors; and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the insulating layer and connected to the thin film transistors, wherein the insulating layer includes a contact portion disposed on the contact parts of the signal lines and having a thickness smaller than other portions and the contact portion of the insulating layer includes an inclined portion having an inclination angle smaller than about 45 degrees.

Abstract: A thin film panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a first signal line formed on the substrate; a second signal line that intersects the first signal line and includes first and second portions being substantially rectilinear and disposed on different straight lines and a connection connected to the first and the second portions; and first and second pixel electrodes disposed adjacent to the second signal line and overlapping the first and the second portions of the second signal line, respectively.