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Thin film transistor array panels for a liquid crystal display and a method for manufacturing the same

US6611309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 2001
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/441
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to the formation, on a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, of a gate wire including a plurality of gate lines and gate electrodes in a display area and gate pads in the peripheral area, and of a common wire, including a common signal line and a plurality of common electrodes in the display area. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, an ohmic contact layer and a conductor layer are sequentially deposited, and the conductor layer and the ohmic contact layer are patterned to form a data wire including a plurality of data lines, a source electrode and a drain electrode of the display area, and data pads of the peripheral area, and an ohmic contact layer pattern thereunder. A passivation layer is deposited and a positive photoresist layer is coated thereon. The photoresist layer is exposed to light through one or more masks having different transmittances between the display area and the peripheral area.

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