In-plane switching mode transflective liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same

A method of fabricating an in-plane switching mode transflective liquid crystal display device, comprising:

• forming a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of a first substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a pixel region having a transmissive area and a reflective area;
• forming a common line parallel to the gate line;
• forming a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line;
• forming a first passivation layer over the thin film transistor;
• forming a reflecting layer over the first passivation layer in the reflective area;
• forming a second passivation layer over the reflecting layer;
• forming a pixel electrode over the second passivation layer, the pixel electrode having a plate shape in the pixel region and connected to the thin film transistor;
• forming a third passivation layer over the pixel electrode;
• forming a common electrode over the third passivation layer, the common electrode connected to the common line, the common electrode including a plurality of first openings along a first direction in the transmissive area and a plurality of second openings along a second direction different from the first direction in the reflective area, each of the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings having a bar shape;
• forming a color filter layer on an inner surface of a second substrate;
• attaching the first and second substrates such that the common electrode faces the color filter layer;
• and
• forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate.