Liquid crystal display of horizontal electric field applying type and fabricating method thereof

A liquid crystal display of horizontal electric field applying type, which comprises:

• a thin film transistor array substrate, comprising:
• a gate line;
• a common line parallel to the gate line;
• a data line crossing the gate line and the common line with a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area;
• a thin film transistor formed on each intersection of the gate line and the data line;
• a common electrode formed in the pixel area and connected to the common line;
• a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and formed to produce horizontal electric field along with the common electrode in the pixel area;
• a gate pad formed with at least one conductive layer included in the gate line;
• a data pad formed with at least one conductive layer included in the data line;
• a common pad formed with at least one conductive layer included in the common line;
• a passivation film exposing the gate pad, the data pad and the common pad, which are formed on a substrate to form the thin film transistor array substrate;
• a color filter array combined with the thin film transistor array substrate, liquid crystal material being filled between the color filter and the thin film transistor array substrate;
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• a conductive film directly connected to the gate pad, the data pad and the common pad, said pads exposed on the thin film transistor array substrate.