Patent ID: 7989271

Claim:
A method for fabricating an LCD device, the method comprising: forming a thin film on a substrate; forming an etch resist solution on the thin film; applying a soft mold having a concave portion and a convex portion to the etch resist solution; pressing the soft mold to the etch resist solution so that the etch resist solution is moved into the concave portion of the soft mold; hardening the etch resist solution to form an etch resist pattern which is transferred from the concave portion of the soft mold; separating the soft mold from the substrate; and patterning the thin film using the etch resist pattern as a mask, wherein the soft mold comprises elastic material, wherein an end of the convex portion of the soft mold includes a trapezoidal shaped cross section, a first plane being an outer surface of the convex portion, a second plain being parallel to the first plane and having an area and a width greater than those of the first surface, at least two incline planes connecting the first plane and the second plane, an incline angle defined as an external angle between an extension of the first plane and one of the at least two incline planes, and a height between the first plane and the second plane, and wherein a width of the etch resist pattern is controlled by the incline angle and the height of the end of the convex portion which are variable depending upon the size of the pressure applied to the soft mold in the step of pressing the soft mold to the etch resist solution.