A conductive layer, including a lower layer made of refractory metal such
as chromium, molybdenum, and molybdenum alloy and an upper layer made of
aluminum or aluminum alloy, is deposited and patterned to form a gate
wire including a gate line, a gate pad, and a gate electrode on a
substrate. At this time, the upper layer of the gate pad is removed using
a photoresist pattern having different thicknesses depending on position
as etch mask. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and an
ohmic contact layer are sequentially formed. A conductive material is
deposited and patterned to form a data wire including a data line, a
source electrode, a drain electrode, and a data pad. Next, a passivation
layer is deposited and patterned to form contact holes respectively
exposing the drain electrode, the gate pad, and the data pad. At this
time, the contact hole on the gate pad only exposes the lower layer of
the gate pad, and the gate insulating layer and the passivation layer
completely cover the upper layer of the gate pad. Next, indium tin oxide
is deposited and patterned to form a pixel electrode, a redundant gate
pad, and a redundant data pad respectively connected to the pixel
electrode, the gate pad, and the data pad.