Patent ID: 7522254

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps at least of: (a) randomly patterning a first electrically insulating film on a first substrate on which a switching device is fabricated; (b) covering said first electrically insulating film with a second electrically insulating film; and (c) forming a reflection electrode on a wavy surface of said first and second electrically insulating films 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 (b) including the substeps of: (b1) forming said second electrically insulating film over said first substrate such that said first electrically insulating film is entirely covered with said second electrically insulating film; and (b2) partially removing said second electrically insulating film such that said second electrically insulating film extends outwardly from said first electrically insulating film by a certain length at an end of a display region in which images are to be displayed, thereby a step formed by said first and second electrically insulating films in the vicinity of said end of said display region is smoothed, and said step (c) including the substeps of: (c1) depositing a material of which said reflection electrode is composed, entirely over said second electrically insulating film; (c2) coating a resist over said material; (c3) removing said resist in an area in which said material is to be removed; and (c4) etching said material with said resist being used as a mask, such that no residual portion of the reflection electrode material remains on said second electrically insulating film in the region outward of the display region that is smoothed.