Abstract:
A transflective-type liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate to define a plurality of pixel regions, a thin film transistor at each crossing of the gate and data lines, the thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes contacting source and drain regions, respectively, a projection seed pattern within the pixel region along a same layer as the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor, and a reflective electrode contacting the drain electrode of the thin film transistor and having a reflective projection corresponding to the projection seed pattern.

Description:
[0001]     This application claims the benefit of the Korean Application No. P2003-72248 filed on Oct. 16, 2003, which are hereby incorporated by reference.  
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0002]     1. Field of the Invention  
         [0003]     The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of fabricating an LCD device, and more particularly, to a transflective-type LCD device and a method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device.  
         [0004]     2. Discussion of the Related Art  
         [0005]     Currently, many different types of flat display devices are being developed, such as LCD devices, field emission display (FED) devices, electroluminescent display (ELD) devices, and plasma display panel (PDP) devices. Among these various types of flat display devices, the LCD devices are commonly used due to their thin profile, light weight, and low power consumption.  
         [0006]     The LCD devices may be classified into one of two different types: a transmitting-type LCD device and a reflective-type LCD device, according to use of a light source. The transmitting-type LCD device uses a backlight device, wherein the transmitting-type LCD device can display images in relatively low light surroundings by controlling a light transmittance according to alignment of liquid crystal molecules. However, the transmitting-type LCD device requires high power consumption. On the other hand, the reflective-type LCD device makes use of ambient light, thereby requiring a relatively small amount of power consumption. However, the reflective-type LCD device cannot display images in relatively low light surroundings, such as when there is cloudy or unclear weather. Accordingly, the reflective-type LCD is commonly used for electronic equipment, such as watches or calculators, that require low power consumption, and the transmitting-type LCD device is commonly used for large-sized notebook computers requiring production of high quality images.  
         [0007]     In order to overcome the problems of the transmitting- and reflective-type LCD devices, a transflective-type (reflective-transmitting) LCD device has been developed. The transflective-type LCD device can operate as the reflective- or transmitting-type LCD device depending on the surrounding light conditions. For example, when large amounts of ambient light is available, the transflective-type LCD device may be enabled to function as the reflective-type LCD device, wherein the ambient light incident through an upper substrate is reflected onto a reflective electrode. Conversely, in relatively low light surroundings, the transflective-type LCD device may be enabled to function as the transmitting-type LCD device using the backlight device, wherein the light emitted from the backlight device is incident to liquid crystal material through an opening part of the reflective electrode.  
         [0008]      FIGS. 1A  to  1 F are cross sectional views of a method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device according to the related art. In  FIG. 1A , a low-resistance conductive metal layer is deposited onto a transparent substrate  11  made of glass or quartz by a sputtering method, and a gate line (not shown) and a gate electrode  12  are formed by a photolithographic process using a first mask. Accordingly, the gate lines are formed along one direction at fixed intervals, wherein the gate electrode  12  diverges from each of the gate lines. Forming the gate line and gate electrodes includes coating a photoresist material, which is sensitive to ultraviolet light, onto the substrate, exposing and developing the photoresist material using a mask to form a photoresist pattern, etching material layers using the photoresist pattern, and stripping the photoresist pattern away.  
         [0009]     Next, silicon nitride SiN x  or silicon oxide SiO x  is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the gate electrode  12  by a PECVD method to form a gate insulating layer  13 . Then, a first amorphous silicon layer and a second amorphous silicon layer doped with n-type impurities are sequentially deposited onto an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the gate insulating layer  13 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a second mask, thereby forming the semiconductor layer  14 . The second amorphous silicon layer doped with the n-type impurities is formed to provide an ohmic contact with subsequently-formed source/drain electrodes, and the island-shaped semiconductor layer  14  is formed on the gate insulating layer  13  above the gate electrode  12 .  
         [0010]     In  FIG. 1B , a low-resistance metal layer is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the semiconductor layer  14 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a third mask to form a data line (not shown) and the source/drain electrodes  15   a / 15   b.  Accordingly, the data line crosses the gate line to define a pixel region, and the source/drain electrodes  15   a / 15   b  are formed at both sides of the semiconductor layer  14 . Thus, a thin film transistor includes the gate electrode  12 , the semiconductor layer  14 , and the source/drain electrodes  15   a / 15   b.  Although not shown, a portion of the ohmic contact layer is removed directly above a channel region of the semiconductor layer  14 .  
         [0011]     In  FIG. 1C , an organic insulating layer having photosensitive light characteristics is formed along an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the thin film transistor by a spin-coating method, thereby forming a passivation layer  16  having a predetermined thickness. Then, a photoacryl resin is deposited onto an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the passivation layer  16 , and a plurality of photoacryl resin patterns are formed at fixed intervals by a photolithographic process using a fourth mask. As a result, hemispheric projection patterns  90  are formed by a reflow of the photoacryl resin patterns. Next, a predetermined portion of the passivation layer  16  is removed by a photolithographic process using a fifth mask to form a contact hole  18  exposing the drain electrode  15   b.    
         [0012]     In  FIG. 1D , a transparent conductive material, such as ITO (indium-tin-oxide), is deposited on the passivation layer  16  including the plurality of projection patterns  90 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a sixth mask, thereby forming a transmitting (transparent) electrode  17  contacting the drain electrode  15   b.    
         [0013]     In  FIG. 1E , an insulating interlayer  24  is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the pixel electrode  17 , and a portion of the insulating interlayer  24  corresponding to the contact hole  18  is removed by a photolithographic process using a seventh mask. Accordingly, some portion of the drain electrode  15   b  or the transmitting electrode  17  is exposed by the contact hole  18 .  
         [0014]     Subsequently, a metal layer having a high reflexibility, such as aluminum Al, copper Cu, or silver Ag, is formed along an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the insulating interlayer  24 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using an eighth mask, thereby forming the reflective electrode  19 . At this time, the reflective electrode  19  contacts the drain electrode  15   b  or the transmitting electrode  17  through the contact hole  18 , wherein the reflective electrode  19  is formed within the reflective part of a unit pixel region. For example, the reflective electrode  19  is formed of the high reflexibility metal in the reflective part of the unit pixel region, and the transmitting electrode  17  is formed of the transparent conductive material in the transmitting part, thereby completing a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate  11  having both transmitting and reflective functions.  
         [0015]     In  FIG. 1F , the TFT substrate  11  is disposed opposite to a color filter substrate  33  having a color filter layer by a sealant, and includes spacers disposed between the TFT and color filter substrates  11  and  33  to maintain a cell gap. Then, a liquid crystal material is injected through an inlet into the cell gap between the TFT and color filter substrates  11  and  33  to form the liquid crystal layer  40 . Next, the inlet for injection of the liquid crystal material is sealed, thereby completing the LCD device.  
         [0016]     According to the related art, the TFT substrate  11  includes an amorphous silicon. semiconductor layer formed using a photolithographic process using eight separate masks. For example, the processes for forming the gate line (not shown), the semiconductor layer  14 , the data line (not shown), the contact hole  18  of the passivation layer  16 , the transmitting electrode  17 , the contact hole of the insulating interlayer  24 , the projection pattern  90 , and the reflective electrode  19  each requires its own individual mask and mask step.  
         [0017]      FIGS. 2A  to  2 G are cross sectional views of another method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device according to the related art. In  FIG. 2A , a buffer layer  152  of silicon oxide is formed along an entire surface of a transparent substrate  111  made of glass or quartz. Then, an amorphous silicon layer is formed on the buffer layer  152 , and a laser beam is irradiated onto the amorphous silicon layer, thereby the crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer  144 . The process of crystallizing the amorphous silicon into the polysilicon may be performed using various different methods. Among these various different methods, a Field Enhanced Metal Induced Crystallization (FEMIC) technique using catalytic metal is commonly used, which has advantageous characteristics including rapid crystallization speed, low cost, and suitability for large-sized glass substrates.  
         [0018]     In  FIG. 2B , the crystallized polysilicon layer  144  is patterned by a photolithographic process using a first mask, thereby forming an activated semiconductor layer  154 .  
         [0019]     In  FIG. 2C , an inorganic insulating layer, such as silicon nitride SiN x  or silicon oxide SiO x , is formed along an entire surface of the substrate  11  including the semiconductor layer  154  to form a gate insulating layer  113 . Then, a metal layer of aluminum Al or aluminum alloy AiNd is formed on the gate insulating layer  113 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a second mask to form a gate electrode  112 . Then, n-type impurity ions are implanted into the semiconductor layer  154  using the gate electrode  112  as a mask, thereby forming source/drain regions  115   a  and  115   b.  In addition, a channel layer  114  is formed between the source region  115   a  and the drain region  115   b.  Although not shown, a gate line is simultaneously formed with the gate electrode  112 .  
         [0020]     In  FIG. 2D , an inorganic insulating layer of SiN x  or SiO x  is formed along an entire surface of the substrate  111  including the gate electrode  112  to form a first insulating interlayer  123 . Then, the first insulating interlayer  123  and the gate insulating layer  113  are selectively removed by a photolithographic process using a third mask to form a first contact hole  181  exposing the source/drain regions  115   a  and  115   b.    
         [0021]     Next, a metal layer of aluminum Al or aluminum alloy AlNd is formed on the first insulating interlayer  123  to bury the first contact hole  181 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a fourth mask. Accordingly, source/drain electrodes  115   c  and  115   d  are formed and connected to the source/drain regions  115   a  and  115   b.  Thus, a polysilicon TFT (poly-TFT) comprising the gate electrode, the polysilicon semiconductor layer, and the source/drain electrodes may be formed.  
         [0022]     In  FIG. 2E , an inorganic insulating material of silicon nitride or an organic insulating material of BCB is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  111  including the poly-TFT, thereby forming a passivation layer  116 . Then, photoacryl resin having photosensitive characteristics is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  111  including the passivaiton layer  116 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a fifth mask. Accordingly, a plurality of projection patterns  190  are formed at fixed intervals by a reflow process. The projection patterns  190  are formed in a predetermined part including a reflective part, whereby a reflective electrode is formed along a surface of the substrate including the plurality of projection patterns  190 . Accordingly, the reflective electrode includes the plurality of projection patterns  190  to obtain a wide viewing angle by scattering the ambient light. Then, a predetermined portion of the passivation layer  116  is removed by a photolithographic process using a sixth mask to expose the drain electrode  115   b,  thereby forming a second contact hole  191 .  
         [0023]     In  FIG. 2F , a transparent conductive material, such as ITO (indium-tin-oxide), is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  111  including the plurality of projection patterns  190 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a seventh mask, thereby forming a transmitting electrode  117  in the pixel region to contact the drain electrode  115   b.    
         [0024]     In  FIG. 2G , a second insulating interlayer  124  is deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  111  including the transmitting electrode  117 , and the second insulating interlayer  124  corresponding to the second contact hole  191  is removed by a photolithographic process using an eighth mask. Accordingly, some portion of the drain electrode  115   b  or the transmitting electrode  117  is exposed by the second contact hole  191 . Subsequently, a metal layer of high reflexibility material, such as aluminum Al, copper Cu, or silver Ag, is formed along an entire surface of the substrate  111  including the second insulating interlayer  124 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a ninth mask, thereby forming the reflective electrode  119 . Accordingly, the reflective electrode  119  is connected to some portion of the drain electrode  115   b  or the transmitting electrode  117  through the second contact hole  119 , and the reflective electrode  119  is formed in the reflective part of the unit pixel region. For example, the reflective electrode  119  using the high reflexibility metal is formed in the reflective part of the unit pixel region, and the transmitting electrode  117  using the transparent conductive material is formed in the transmitting part, thereby fabricating a TFT substrate  111  that operates having both transmitting and reflective functions.  
         [0025]     Accordingly, the TFT substrate  111  of the transflective-type LCD device including the poly-TFT requires photolithographic processes using nine separate masks. For example, the processes for forming the semiconductor layer  154 , the gate line (not shown), the first contact hole  181 , the data line (not shown), the second contact hole  191  of the passivation layer  116 , the projection pattern  190 , the transmitting electrode  117 , the second contact hole  191  of the second insulating interlayer  124 , and the reflective electrode  119 .  
         [0026]     However, according to the related art, the transflective-type LCD device and the method of fabricating the transflective-type LCD device have disadvantages, such as the number of photolithographic processes increases, fabrication costs and errors of the fabrication process increases, and productivity decreases.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0027]     Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a transflective-type LCD device and a method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.  
         [0028]     An object of the present invention is to provide a transflective-type LCD device having decreased fabrication costs and reduced fabrication time.  
         [0029]     Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for fabricating a transflective-type LCD device to decrease fabrication costs and reduce fabrication time.  
         [0030]     Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.  
         [0031]     To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described, a transflective-type liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate to define a plurality of pixel regions, a thin film transistor at each crossing of the gate and data lines, the thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes contacting source and drain regions, respectively, a projection seed pattern within the pixel region along a same layer as the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor, and a reflective electrode contacting the drain electrode of the thin film transistor and having a reflective projection corresponding to the projection seed pattern.  
         [0032]     In another aspect, a method of fabricating a transflective-type liquid crystal display device includes forming a buffer layer and a semiconductor layer on a substrate, patterning the buffer layer and the semiconductor layer to simultaneously form an active layer of a thin film transistor and a projection seed pattern, forming a gate insulating layer along an entire surface of the substrate, forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer above the active layer, forming source/drain regions within the active layer using the gate electrode as a mask, depositing an insulating interlayer along an entire surface of the substrate, forming source/drain electrodes connected to the source/drain regions, forming a passivation layer along an entire surface of the substrate including the source/drain electrodes, forming a first pixel electrode on the passivation layer to contact the drain electrode, and forming a second pixel electrode contacting one of the first pixel electrode and the drain electrode.  
         [0033]     In another aspect, a transflective-type liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a buffer layer on the substrate, the buffer layer including a plurality of first portions each having a first thickness and a plurality of second portions each having a second thickness less than the first thickness, a polysilicon layer on the buffer layer, the polysilicon layer including a plurality of first portions each disposed on one of the plurality of first portions of the buffer layer, one of the second portions including source and drain regions, a gate insulating layer on the first portions of the polysilicon layer and the first and second portions of the buffer layer, a gate electrode and the plurality of gate lines on the gate insulating layer, a first insulating interlayer on the gate electrode and the first and second portions of the buffer layer, first and second contact holes through the gate insulating layer and the first insulating interlayer exposing portions of the source and drain regions, source and drain electrodes in the first and second contact holes contacting the exposed portions of the source and drain regions, respectively, a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes and the first and second portions of the buffer layer, the passivation layer including a third contact hole exposing a portion of the drain electrode, a transparent electrode on the passivation layer and contacting the exposed portion of the drain electrode in the third contact hole of the passivation layer, a second insulating interlayer on the transparent electrode, the passivation layer, and the first and second portions of the buffer layer, the second insulating interlayer having a fourth contact hole exposing a portion of the transparent electrode, and a reflecting electrode on the second insulating interlayer and the first and second portions of the buffer layer, the reflecting electrode contacting the exposed portion of the transparent electrode through the fourth contact holes of the second insulating interlayer.  
         [0034]     It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0035]     The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the drawings:  
         [0036]      FIGS. 1A  to  1 F are cross-sectional views of a method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device according to the related art;  
         [0037]      FIGS. 2A  to  2 G are cross sectional views of another method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device according to the related art; and  
         [0038]      FIGS. 3A  to  3 F are cross sectional views of an exemplary method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device according to the present invention.  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0039]     Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.  
         [0040]      FIGS. 3A  to  3 F are cross sectional views of an exemplary method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device according to the present invention. In  FIG. 3A , an insulating material, such as silicon oxide SiO x , may be formed on an insulating substrate  211  by a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method, thereby forming a buffer layer  253  having a thickness of about 3000 Å. The buffer layer  253  may prevent foreign material from penetrating into a subsequently-formed polysilicon layer  244 , and may protect the insulating substrate  211  during high temperature crystallization processing of an amorphous silicon layer. In addition, the buffer layer  253  may improve contact characteristics between the polysilicon layer  244  and the insulating substrate  211 , and the buffer layer  253  may function as one portion of a projection seed pattern  290  (in  FIG. 3B ). Subsequently, the polysilicon layer  244  may be formed on the buffer layer  253  having a thickness of about 500 Å.  
         [0041]     A method of forming the polysilicon layer  244  may be classified into one of two different types: (1) direct deposition of a polysilicon layer; and (2) deposition and crystallization of an amorphous silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon layer. In addition, the direct deposition method may be classified into one of a Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) process and a Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition PECVD) process, wherein the LPCVD process may be performed at a relatively high temperature above about 550° C., and the PECVD method may be performed at a temperature of about 400° C. or less by using a mixture of SiF 4 /SiH 4 /H 2  gases. The deposition and crystallization method may be classified into one of a Solid Phase Crystallization (SPC) process, an Eximer Laser Annealing (ELA) process, and a Metal Induced Crystallization (MIC) process. The SPC process may be performed using a heat treatment at a relatively high temperature for an extended period of time, the ELA process may be performed by irradiating a beam from an eximer laser at a temperature of about 250° C., and the MIC process may be performed by depositing a metal layer onto an amorphous silicon layer and inducing crystallization of the amorphous silicon.  
         [0042]     In  FIG. 3B , the buffer layer  253  and the polysilicon layer  244  may be simultaneously patterned by a photolithographic process using a first mask, thereby forming a semiconductor layer  254  and a projection seed pattern  290  at a predetermined thickness and width. The projection seed pattern  290  may function as a seed for formation of a reflective projection. Then, the polysilicon layer  244  may be completely etched, and the buffer layer  253  may be under-etched at a predetermined thickness.  
         [0043]     In  FIG. 3C , an inorganic insulating material of silicon oxide SiO x  or silicon nitride SiN x  may be deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the semiconductor layer  254  and the projection seed pattern  290  by a PECVD process, thereby forming a gate insulating layer  213 . Then, a low-resistance metal layer, such as copper Cu, aluminum Al, aluminum alloy AlNd, molybdenum Mo, chrome Cr, titanium Ti, tantalum Ta, or molybdenum-tungsten MoW, may be deposited onto the gate insulating layer  213 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a second mask, thereby forming a gate electrode  212 . Although not shown, the gate electrode  212  may be formed along with formation of a gate line that transmits scanning signals. For etching the low-resistance metal layer for forming the gate electrode  212 , a wet-etch method may be employed using hydrofluoric (HF) acid, a buffered oxide (BO) etchant, NH 4 F, or a mixture thereof. The wet-etch method may be classified into one of a dipping process for dipping a substrate into a container having a chemical etchant, and a spraying process for spraying a chemical etchant onto a substrate.  
         [0044]     Subsequently, n-type impurity ions may be implanted into the semiconductor layer  254  using the gate electrode  212  as a mask, and an ion implantation area may be activated. For example, the semiconductor layer  254  may be doped with ions, such as phosphorus P or boron B, thereby forming n-type first and second source/drain regions  215   a  and  215   b.  In addition, a predetermined portion of the semiconductor layer  254  into which the n-type impurity ions are not implanted may serve as a channel layer  214 . Then, an LDD doping layer may be formed within the n-type first and second source/drain regions  215   a  and  215   b  adjacent to the gate electrode  212 , thereby reducing a turning-OFF current by decreasing a corresponding electric field of a contact region.  
         [0045]     In  FIG. 3D , a first insulating interlayer  223  may be formed along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the gate electrode  212 . Then, the gate insulating layer  213  and the first insulating interlayer  223  may be partially removed by a photolithographic process using a third mask, thereby forming a first contact hole  281  exposing the source/drain regions  215   a  and  215   b.  Next, a metal layer, such as copper Cu, aluminum Al, aluminum alloy AiNd, molybdenum Mo, chrome Cr, titanium Ti, tantalum Ta, or molybdenum-tungsten MoW, may be deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the first insulating interlayer  223  to bury the first contact hole  281 . Then, the metal layer may be patterned by a photolithographic process using a fourth mask, thereby forming source/drain electrodes  215   c  and  215   d.  Accordingly, the source/drain electrodes  215   c  and  215   d  may contact the source/drain regions  215   a  and  215   b  through the first contact hole  281 . Although not shown, the source/drain electrodes  215   c  and  215   d  may be formed with a data line that may transmit data signals, wherein the data line may be perpendicular to the gate line to define a pixel region. In addition, the gate electrode  212 , the polysilicon semiconductor layer  254 , and the source/drain electrodes  215   c  and  215   d  may together form a polysilicon TFT (poly-TFT) (in  FIG. 3E ).  
         [0046]     In  FIG. 3E , an inorganic insulating layer, such as silicon nitride or silicon oxide, may be deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the poly-TFT, or an organic insulating layer, such as enzocyclobutene (BCB) or an acrylic resin, may be deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  211 , thereby forming a passivation layer  216 . Next, a predetermined portion of the passivation layer  216  may be removed by a photolithographic process using a fifth mask to form a second contact hole  291  exposing the drain electrode  215   b  (in  FIG. 3F ). Then, a transparent conductive material, such as indium-tin-oxide (ITO) or indium-zinc-oxide (IZO), may be deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the passivation layer  216 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using a sixth mask, thereby forming a transmitting electrode  217  electrically connected to the drain electrode  215   b  in the pixel region. The transmitting electrode  217  may be formed within the transmitting part of the pixel region or within an entire portion of the pixel region.  
         [0047]     In  FIG. 3F , an inorganic insulating layer, such as silicon nitride or silicon oxide, may be deposited along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the transmitting electrode  217  to form a second insulating interlayer  224 . Then, the second insulating interlayer  224  corresponding to the second contact hole  291  may be removed by a photolithographic process using a seventh mask. Accordingly, some portion of the drain electrode  215   b  or the transmitting electrode  217  may be exposed by the second contact hole  291 .  
         [0048]     Subsequently, a metal layer having high reflexibility, such as aluminum Al, aluminum alloy AiNd, copper Cu, silver Ag, molybdenum Mo, chrome Cr, titanium Ti, tantalum Ta, or molybdenum-tungsten MoW, may be formed along an entire surface of the substrate  211  including the second insulating interlayer  224 , and patterned by a photolithographic process using an eighth mask, thereby forming a reflective electrode  219 . The reflective electrode  219  may have a reflective projection thereunder due to the projection seed pattern  290 . Accordingly, projection-type curvatures may be formed in the gate insulating layer  213 , the first insulating interlayer  223 , the passivation layer  216 , and the second insulating interlayer  224  as a result of the projection seed pattern  290 . In addition, the reflective electrode  219  may be formed along the surface of the second insulating interlayer  224 , whereby the reflective electrode  219  may have the projection-type curvature.  
         [0049]     According to the present invention, if ambient light is used as a light source, the projection of the reflective electrode  219  may partially change a reflection angle of the ambient light, thereby obtaining a wide viewing angle. In addition, the reflective electrode  219  may contact some portion of the drain electrode  215   b  or the transmitting electrode  217  through the second contact hole  219 . Furthermore, the reflective electrode  219  may be overlapped with the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor to prevent light leakage, wherein the reflective electrode  219  may be formed within the reflective part of the unit pixel region. For example, the reflective electrode  219  may be formed of a high reflexibility metal material within the reflective part of the unit pixel region, and the transmitting electrode of the transparent conductive material may be formed within the transmitting part of the unit pixel region, thereby obtaining both reflective and transmitting type functions.  
         [0050]     According to the present invention, any one of the reflective and transmitting electrodes may be in contact with the poly-TFT, and the reflective electrode may be in contact with the transmitting electrode. Thus, it may be possible to simultaneously transmit signals of the TFT to the reflective and transmitting electrodes.  
         [0051]     Alternatively, the reflective part and the transmitting part may be respectively formed within upper and lower portions of the unit pixel region having circular shapes. Accordingly, the reflective part may be formed along a circumference of the pixel region, and the transmitting part may be formed at a center region of the pixel region.  
         [0052]     According to the present invention, a TFT substrate of a transflective-type LCD device including a poly-TFT, a semiconductor layer, and a projection pattern may be simultaneously formed. Thus, it may be possible to decrease a total number of masks used to fabricate the transflective-type LCD device. In addition, according to the present invention, forming s reflective electrode having reflective projections may be applicable to a reflective-type LCD device as well as a transflective-type LCD device.  
         [0053]     According to the present intention, by forming a semiconductor layer and a projection seed pattern at the same time, additional processes of forming the projection seed pattern may not be necessary.  
         [0054]     It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the transflective-type LCD device and the method of fabricating a transflective-type LCD device of the present invention without departing from the spirit of scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.