Patent ID: 7046314

Claim:
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of: (a) fabricating a switching device on a substrate; (b) forming an interlayer insulating film on said substrate such that said switching device is covered with said interlayer insulating film, said interlayer insulating film being comprised of an electrically insulating inorganic film and an electrically insulating organic film formed on said electrically insulating inorganic film; and (c) forming a transparent electrode on said interlayer insulating film, said transparent electrode being electrically connected to said switching device through said interlayer insulating film, said step (c) including: (c1) patterning said electrically insulating organic film; (c2) forming a contact hole throughout said electrically insulating inorganic film; (c3) depositing electrically conductive transparent material on said interlayer insulating film; and (c4) patterning said material into said transparent electrode, said step (c2) including: (c2-1) forming a photoresist on said interlayer insulating film in a predetermined pattern; and (c2-2) applying dry-etching to said electrically insulating inorganic film with said photoresist being used as a mask without post-baking said photoresist.