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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Keuk-Sang Kwon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
In-Duk Song, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate; a gate line arranged in a transverse direction on the substrate; a data line arranged perpendicular to the gate line and forming a pixel region with the gate line; and a thin film transistor positioned near an intersection of the gate and data lines. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The gate electrode has a slanted corner slanted from the gate electrode to the gate line. The source electrode has a U shape and is positioned over the gate electrode. The drain electrode has a drain protrusion which is positioned over the gate electrode and the slanted corner of the gate electrode and located inside the U-shaped source electrode. The drain protrusion is spaced apart from the U-shaped source electrode to form a channel region therebetween. An imaginary axis of the U-shaped source electrode and drain protrusion forms an angle with the gate line. A pixel electrode contacts the drain electrode.