Abstract: A method of manufacturing an LCD device includes forming a gate bus line, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, and a source/drain metal layer on a transparent insulating substrate; etching the source/drain metal layer and active layer to form a source/drain electrode and a channel layer while forming a metal protection pattern in a peripheral region of the transparent insulating substrate; forming a protection layer and a pixel electrode on the insulating substrate; forming a main seal line at an interior region of the array substrate, forming a first auxiliary seal line between the metal protection pattern and the main seal line, and forming second and third auxiliary seal lines; and attaching a color filter substrate to the array substrate via the main seal line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is formed wherein pattern defects generated during the process are eliminated to reduce the need for repairs. In the device, a trench-shaped hole is defined by patterning a passivation layer and a gate-insulating layer at the peripheries of a gate line and a data line to expose a transparent substrate. Accordingly, a protruding defect portion at the pixel area caused by pattern defects in the semiconductor layer and the gate line is removed by the trench-shaped holes defined by patterning the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer at the peripheries of the gate line and the data line, so that a separate repair process is not required.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an LCD device includes forming a gate bus line, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, and a source/drain metal layer on a transparent insulating substrate; etching the source/drain metal layer and active layer to form a source/drain electrode and a channel layer while forming a metal protection pattern in a peripheral region of the transparent insulating substrate; forming a protection layer and a pixel electrode on the insulating substrate; forming a main seal line at an interior region of the array substrate, forming a first auxiliary seal line between the metal protection pattern and the main seal line, and forming second and third auxiliary seal lines; and attaching a color filter substrate to the array substrate via the main seal line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display and a fabricating method thereof which prevent light leakage occurs near data lines in accordance with the rubbing direction of an alignment film. The present invention includes a thin film transistor plate having a gate line, a data line, a gate electrode, a thin film transistor, a passivation layer, and a pixel electrode, a color filter plate including a black matrix, a color filter and a common electrode on a second transparent substrate, and liquid crystals injected and sealed between the thin film transistor plate and the color filter plate, wherein the black matrix of the color filter plate is overlapped asymmetrically with the data line of the thin film transistor plate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, and a fabricating method thereof, with improved bonding of an upper plate to a lower plate. The lower plate includes an organic protective film over an inorganic gate insulating layer that is on a substrate. Channels through the organic protective film expose either metal patterns or the gate insulating layer. A seal coated with a sealant is then placed over the organic protective film and channels. The sealant passes through the channels to the metal patterns or to the gate insulating layer. Bonding of the seal to the lower plate is improved by the sealant that contacts the metal patterns and/or the gate insulating layer. During LCD fabrication, the metal patterns act as etch stops when etching the channels. Alternatively, an etch stop semiconductor layer is placed on the gate insulating film. The etch stops prevent the etching process from exposing the lower substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same that is capable of speeding up a data charge time in a liquid crystal pixel cell in a liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio overlapping a pixel electrode and a signal wiring. In the device, a thickness and a dielectric constant of the organic insulating film are set such that a signal delay at the gate line and the data line can be reduced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, and a fabricating method thereof, with improved bonding of an upper plate to a lower plate. The lower plate includes an organic protective film over an inorganic gate insulating layer that is on a substrate. Channels through the organic protective film expose either metal patterns or the gate insulating layer. A seal coated with a sealant is then placed over the organic protective film and channels. The sealant passes through the channels to the metal patterns or to the gate insulating layer. Bonding of the seal to the lower plate is improved by the sealant that contacts the metal patterns and/or the gate insulating layer. During LCD fabrication, the metal patterns act as etch stops when etching the channels. Alternatively, an etch stop semiconductor layer is placed on the gate insulating film. The etch stops prevent the etching process from exposing the lower substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an LCD device includes forming a gate bus line, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, and a source/drain metal layer on a transparent insulating substrate; etching the source/drain metal layer and active layer to form a source/drain electrode and a channel layer while forming a metal protection pattern in a peripheral region of the transparent insulating substrate; forming a protection layer and a pixel electrode on the insulating substrate; forming a main seal line at an interior region of the array substrate, forming a first auxiliary seal line between the metal protection pattern and the main seal line, and forming second and third auxiliary seal lines; and attaching a color filter substrate to the array substrate via the main seal line.

Abstract: Alignment indicators for an LCD device are used for determining misalignment when assembling two LCD substrates together, where a lower substrate includes an array of thin film transistors and an upper substrate includes a color filter array. A first alignment indicator is defined on a first substrate, and a second alignment indicator defined on a second substrate, wherein recessed portions with various depths and protruded portions with various lengths are defined at the outer edges of the second alignment indicator so that the amount of misalignment can be accurately measured by reading the position of the recessed portions and the protruded portions relative to the first alignment indicator when the upper and lower substrates are put together.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device wherein pattern badness generated during the process is eliminated to reduce a repair. In the device, a trench-shaped hole is defined by patterning a passivation layer and a gate-insulating layer at the peripheries of a gate line and a data line to expose a transparent substrate. Accordingly, a portion protruded for the pixel area caused by pattern badness in the semiconductor layer and the gate line also is removed by the trench-shaped holes defined by patterning the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer at the peripheries of the gate line and the data line, so that a separate repair process is not required.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, and a fabricating method thereof, with improved bonding of an upper plate to a lower plate. The lower plate includes an organic protective film over an inorganic gate insulating layer that is on a substrate. Channels through the organic protective film expose either metal patterns or the gate insulating layer. A seal coated with a sealant is then placed over the organic protective film and channels. The sealant passes through the channels to the metal patterns or to the gate insulating layer. Bonding of the seal to the lower plate is improved by the sealant that contacts the metal patterns and/or the gate insulating layer. During LCD fabrication, the metal patterns act as etch stops when etching the channels. Alternatively, an etch stop semiconductor layer is placed on the gate insulating film. The etch stops prevent the etching process from exposing the lower substrate.