Liquid crystal display device with notched gate line and gate electrode

An LCD device comprising:

• a substrate;
• a gate line arranged in one direction on the substrate;
• a gate electrode projecting from a first side of the gate line;
• a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate;
• a data line perpendicular to the gate line, thereby defining a pixel region, wherein the data line is adjacent to the gate electrode;
• a source electrode projecting from the data line;
• a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer at a fixed interval from the source electrode;
• an active layer below the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode;
• and
• a pixel electrode in the pixel region,
• wherein a notch is formed in a second side of the gate line opposing the first side, and disposed between an edge of the gate electrode and an edge of the data line, such that a boundary of the gate line having the notch that overlaps the data line is greater than a width of the data line, and
• wherein a boundary of the gate electrode that overlaps the drain electrode is greater than a width of the drain electrode.