Patent ID: 7751022

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps at least of: (a) randomly patterning an electrically insulating film on a first substrate on which a switching device is fabricated, said electrically insulating film having a wavy surface; and (b) forming a reflection electrode on said wavy surface of said electrically insulating film such that said reflection electrode is electrically connected to an electrode of said switching device, said reflection electrode reflecting a light passing through both a second substrate facing and spaced away from said first substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said first and second substrates, said step (a) including: (a1) forming said electrically insulating film over said first substrate; and (a2) patterning said electrically insulating film into a removal region in which said electrically insulating film is completely removed, a thin region in which said electrically insulating film remains as a thin film, and a thick region in which said electrically insulating film remains as a thick film such that said thin region extends outwardly from said thick region by a certain length at an end of a display region in which images are to be displayed, thereby a step formed by said electrically insulating film in the vicinity of said end of said display region is smoothed, and said step (b) including: (b1) depositing a material of which said reflection electrode is composed, entirely over said electrically insulating film; (b2) coating a resist over said material; (b3) removing said resist in an area in which said material is to be removed; and (b4) etching said material with said resist being used as a mask, wherein no residual portion of the reflection electrode material remains on said electrically insulating film in the region outward of the display region that is smoothed.