US Patent 7362389 Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof

An LCD device and a fabrication method having a reduced number of masks and simplified fabrication processes. The method includes providing a substrate, forming an active pattern on the substrate, forming a first insulating layer on the substrate, forming a gate electrode and a pixel electrode on the substrate, forming a second insulating layer provided with a contract hole on the substrate, and forming source and drain electrodes respectively connected to a source region and a drain region through the contact hole.