Abstract:
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a first gate insulation layer, a second gate insulation layer, an active layer, an ohmic contact layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines disposed orthogonal to the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed at pixel regions defined by intersections of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, each pixel electrode electrically contacting each drain electrode of the plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of storage capacitors each including a portion of each gate line as a first capacitor electrode, the first gate insulation layer as a dielectric layer, and a capacitor electrode electrically communicating with each pixel electrode and functioning as a second capacitor electrode with a portion of each pixel electrode.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed for manufacturing an array substrate for use in a display device. The method includes providing a base substrate, forming a gate line on the base substrate using a first mask, forming sequentially a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a metal layer over the base substrate and the gate line, patterning the metal layer using a second mask to form a data line and a metal portion on the semiconductor layer, forming a protection layer over the data line, the metal portion and the semiconductor layer, forming a photoresist pattern on the protection layer over the data line using a third mask to define a first structure, applying at least two separate etching steps on the first structure to leave the gate insulating layer of a uniform thickness over the gate line and to pattern layers below the photoresist pattern, and forming a pixel electrode over a portion of the gate insulating layer on the gate line using a fourth mask.