Liquid crystal display device including step-compensating pattern and fabricating method thereof
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display device includes first substrate having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region, a second substrate facing and spaced apart from the first substrate, and having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region, a seal pattern between the first and second substrates disposed along a border of the active and non-active regions, a gate line on an interior surface of the first substrate and crossing the seal pattern, a data line crossing the gate line and the seal pattern, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, a common electrode on an interior surface of the second surface, a first step-compensating pattern adjacent to the seal pattern and the gate line, a second step-compensating pattern adjacent to the seal pattern and the data line, and a liquid crystal material layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a first substrate having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region;
a second substrate facing and spaced apart from the first substrate, and having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region;
a seal pattern between the first and second substrates disposed along a border of the active and non-active regions;
a gate line on an interior surface of the first substrate and crossing the seal pattern;
a data line crossing the gate line and the seal pattern;
a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor includes an active layer, and source and drain electrodes;
a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor;
a common electrode on an interior surface of the second surface;
a first step-compensating pattern adjacent to the seal pattern and the gate line;
a second step-compensating pattern adjacent to the seal pattern and the data line;
a semiconductor pattern between the first step-compensating pattern and the gate line;
a liquid crystal material layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode;
a gate pad connected to the gate line and a data pad connected to the data line,
wherein the first step-compensating pattern is formed over the gate line at a first crossing of the gate line and the seal pattern, wherein the second step-compensating pattern is formed under the data line at a second crossing of the data line and the seal pattern.
2. A fabricating method of a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
forming a gate line and a first step-compensating pattern on a first substrate having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region, the first step-compensating pattern being disposed along a border of the active and non-active regions;
forming a data line crossing the gate line and a second step-compensating pattern along the border of the active and non-active regions;
forming a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line;
forming a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor;
forming a semiconductor pattern between the first step-compensating pattern and the gate line;
forming a common electrode on an interior surface of a second surface;
forming a seal pattern along the border of the active and non-active regions, the seal pattern crossing the gate line and the data line;
attaching the first and second substrates such that the pixel electrode faces the common electrode; and
forming a liquid crystal material layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode,
wherein the first step-compensating pattern is formed under the data line at a first crossing of the data line and the seal pattern, wherein the second step-compensating pattern is formed over the gate line at a second crossing of the gate line and the seal pattern.