Patent ID: 7986387

Claim:
A method of fabricating an array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device, comprising: forming a gate line and a data line on a substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a pixel region including a transmissive area and a reflective area surrounding the transmissive area; forming a gate insulating layer between the gate line and the data line; forming a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; forming a first passivation layer on the thin film transistor, the first passivation layer having a drain contact hole exposing a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a through hole exposing the gate insulating layer on the substrate in the transmissive area; forming a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer; forming a first photoresist pattern on the second passivation layer, the first photoresist pattern exposing the drain contact hole and the through hole; etching the second passivation layer and the gate insulating layer using the first photoresist pattern as an etch mask such that the drain electrode is exposed through the drain contact hole and the substrate is exposed through the through hole; forming a transparent conductive material layer on the first photoresist pattern; forming a first photoresist layer on the transparent conductive material layer; anisotropically removing the first photoresist layer to form a second photoresist pattern on the transparent conductive material layer in the drain contact hole and the through hole; etching the transparent conductive material layer using the second photoresist pattern as an etch mask to form a drain terminal in the drain contact hole and a pixel electrode in the through hole; removing the first and second photoresist patterns; and forming a reflective plate on the drain terminal and the pixel electrode, the reflective plate contacting the drain terminal and the pixel electrode.