Liquid crystal display panel and method of fabricating the same
View Patent ↗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.
1. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
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 to extend past edge portions of the data lines; and
a plurality of light-shielding patterns formed along the direction of the data lines to extend past the edge portions of the data lines.
2. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
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-sheilding patterns overlap opposing edges of the data line and the semiconductor layer and width of the semiconductor layer is larger than a width of the data line.
3. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the light-shielding patterns and the gate include the same materials.
4. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the light-shielding patterns include at least one of aluminum, aluminum-neodymium, and copper.
5. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising a protective film formed to cover the data line, and source and drain electrodes of a thin film transistor.
6. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the protective film includes inorganic insulating material.
7. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the light-shielding patterns are separated from the pixel electrode by about 1 μm, and a first one of the light-shielding patterns is separated from a second one of the light-shielding patterns by about 4 μm.
8. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the protective film includes organic insulating material.
9. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel, comprising the steps of:
forming a gate electrode, a gate line, and individual first and second light-shielding patterns on a substrate;
forming a gate insulating film on the substrate to cover the gate electrode, the gate line, and the individual first and second light-shielding patterns;
forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating film to partially overlap the individual first and second light-shielding patterns;
forming a data line on the gate insulating film to partially overlap the individual first and second light-shielding patterns and the semiconductor layer, a source electrode that is connected to the data line, and a drain electrode that faces the source electrode with the semiconductor layer therebetween;
forming a protective film having a contact hole that exposes a portion of the drain electrode; and
forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the protective film,
wherein adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes receive pixel voltages having different polarities.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the protective film includes inorganic insulating material.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the light-shielding patterns are separated from the pixel electrodes by about 1 μm, and a first one of the light-shielding patterns is separated from a second one of the light-shielding patterns by about 4 μm.
12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the protective film includes organic insulating material.
13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second light-shielding patterns include at least one of aluminum, aluminum-neodymium, and copper.
14. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel, comprising the steps of:
forming a gate electrode, a gate line, and individual first and second light-shielding patterns on a substrate;
forming a gate insulating film on the substrate to cover the gate electrode, the gate line, and the individual first and second light-shielding patterns;
forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating film to partially overlap the individual first and second light-shielding patterns;
forming a data line on the gate insulating film to partially overlap the individual first and second light-shielding patterns and the semiconductor layer;
forming a protective film on the data line; and
forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the protective film.