Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

first and second substrates bonded to each other;

first column spacers on the first substrate;

protrusions on the second substrate that contact a portion of an upper surface of the first column spacers;

recesses in the second substrate surrounding the protrusions; and

a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

2. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of the recesses has an inner diameter wider than a width of the associated protrusions and an outer diameter wider than the upper surface of each of the first column spacers.

3. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:

second column spacers on the first substrate corresponding to regions of the second substrate other than where protrusions are located.

4. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the first substrate includes:

a black matrix layer on the first substrate; and

color filter layers on the black matrix layer.

5. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising a common electrode on a surface of the first substrate.

6. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the second substrate includes:

gate lines and data lines arranged on the second substrate perpendicular to each other to define pixel regions;

thin film transistors at crossings of the gate lines and data lines;

an interlayer gate insulation film interposed between the gate lines and data lines;

pixel electrodes positioned in the pixel regions; and

an interlayer passivation film interposed between the data lines and the pixel electrodes.

7. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising common electrodes positioned alternately with the pixel electrodes.

8. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the recesses are formed by removing portions of the gate insulation film and passivation film.

9. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the recesses are formed by removing portion of the passivation film.

10. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein each of the thin film transistors includes:

a gate electrode protruding from the gate lines;

a source electrode protruding from the data lines;

a drain electrode formed in the same layer as the source electrode and spaced apart from the source electrode; and

a semiconductor layer over the gate electrode and overlapped by the source and drain electrodes.

11. The liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 10 , wherein each of the protrusions has a double layered structure including a semiconductor layer pattern, and an upper metal layer pattern laminated on the semiconductor layer pattern, the semiconductor layer pattern in the same layer as the semiconductor layer, and the metal layer pattern in the same layer as the source and drain electrodes.