Liquid crystal display device having particular connections among drain and pixel electrodes and contact hole

A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:

• a plurality of gate lines extending in one direction on a transparent substrate;
• a plurality of data lines extending in a perpendicular direction to said gate lines such that active regions are defined at crossover points between said plurality of gate and data lines;
• a plurality of gate electrodes formed on said plurality of gate lines near said active regions;
• a plurality of source electrodes formed over said plurality of data lines near said active regions;
• a plurality of drain electrodes formed over said plurality of gate lines near said active regions;
• a protection layer formed on said plurality of drain electrodes;
• and
• a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on said protection layer within regions defined between adjacent gate and data lines, each pixel electrode contacting the transparent substrate and overlapping at least a portion of a gate line adjacent to said pixel electrode such that said pixel electrode and said portion of gate line electrode form plates of a storage capacitor without an intervening conductor therebetween, wherein a contact hole is defined over a portion of said pixel electrode such that said pixel electrode in covers the bottom and adjacent sides of said contact hole,
• wherein a portion of said drain electrode contacts said pixel electrode on said adjacent sides of said contact hole with said protection layer formed between said pixel electrode and said drain electrode.