Patent ID: 8072566

Claim:
A method of forming a transflective liquid crystal display panel, comprising: providing a substrate, and defining a reflection region, a transmission region, and a peripheral region in the substrate; forming a polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate, and performing a first photolithographic process to form a first polycrystalline silicon pattern in the reflection region, and a second polycrystalline silicon pattern in the peripheral region; performing a second photolithographic process to form a channel in the first polycrystalline silicon pattern, and a source electrode and a drain electrode on two opposite sides of the channel; forming an insulating layer on the first polycrystalline silicon pattern, the second polycrystalline silicon pattern, and the substrate; forming a first metal layer on the insulating layer, and performing a third photolithographic process to form a gate electrode corresponding to the channel in the reflection region, and a storage capacitor line corresponding to the second polycrystalline silicon pattern in the peripheral region, wherein the channel, the source electrode, the drain electrode, the insulating layer and the gate electrode form a thin film transistor, and the second polycrystalline silicon pattern, the storage capacitor line, and the insulating layer disposed therebetween form a storage capacitor; forming a first inter-layer dielectric layer on the insulating layer and the first metal layer, and performing a fourth photolithographic process to form two openings respectively exposing the source electrode and the drain electrode in the first inter-layer dielectric layer; forming a second metal layer on the first inter-layer dielectric layer, and performing a fifth photolithographic process to form a reflection electrode in the reflection region, and a data line in the peripheral region and extending to the reflection region, wherein the reflection electrode is electrically connected to the drain electrode via the opening of the first inter-layer dielectric layer corresponding to the drain electrode, and the data line is electrically connected to the source electrode via the opening of the first inter-layer dielectric layer corresponding to the source electrode; forming a second inter-layer dielectric layer on the first inter-layer dielectric layer and the second metal layer, and performing a sixth photolithographic process to form an opening partially exposing the second metal layer in the second inter-layer dielectric layer; and forming a transparent conductive layer on the second inter-layer dielectric layer, and performing a seventh photolithographic process to form a transmission electrode, wherein the transmission electrode is disposed in the transmission region and extended to a border region between the reflection region and the transmission region, and the transmission electrode is electrically connected to the reflection electrode and the drain electrode via the opening of the second inter-layer dielectric layer.