The invention provides a TFT (
Thin Film Transistor) array substrate manufacture method which comprises the following steps:
coating and forming a flat layer on source electrodes and drain electrodes; instead of
processing via holes, depositing and patterning a common
electrode layer and a passivated
protection layer; forming via holes in the passivated
protection layer so as to
expose the flat layer, and then
ashing the flat layer so as to
expose the drain electrodes. Compared with a conventional method by which the common
electrode layer is deposited and patterned after the via holes are formed in the flat layer, the TFT array substrate manufacture method described in the invention is advantageous in that no
electrically conductive material will be left in the via holes of the flat layer when the common
electrode layer is patterned, and therefore no
short circuit problem will occur in the via holes of the flat layer; the via holes are formed in the flat layer in a pixel region by a means of
dry etching through
ashing operation, the formed via holes are allowed to have large slope angles, and therefore the size of a TFT can be reduced to a certain extent and and
pixel density can be improved.