Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same

A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:

• a plurality of pixel areas defined by intersections of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines;
• a gate disposed in a pixel area of the plurality of pixel areas, the pixel area disposed between a first data line and a second data line that is adjacent to the first data line among the plurality of data lines;
• a gate insulator disposed to cover the gate;
• a thin film transistor (TFT) configured to include the gate, a semiconductor layer having an active layer including a channel and disposed on the gate insulator, and a source disposed at a first side of the channel, and a drain disposed at a second side of the channel;
• a pixel electrode connected to the drain of the TFT and configured to supply a data voltage to the pixel area;
• a common electrode configured to supply a common voltage to the pixel area;
• and
• a lightly doped drain (LDD) disposed between the channel and the source and between the channel and the drain,
• wherein at least a portion of the LDD is disposed on the gate,
• wherein among the drain, the source and the channel of the semiconductor layer, only the channel extends along and overlaps a gate line of the pixel area, the gate line having a section defined from the first data line to the drain of the TFT and extending from the first data line to the drain of the TFT, and
• wherein the channel entirely overlaps the section of the gate line of the pixel area in parallel from the first data line to the drain of the TFT.