Liquid crystal display device having a patterned spacer and method of fabricating the same

A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising steps of:

• forming an array element having a switching element on a first substrate;
• forming a first transparent electrode connected to the switching element;
• forming a first patterned spacer on the array element to have a first height less than a uniform cell gap;
• forming a first alignment layer to cover the first patterned spacer;
• forming a second transparent electrode on a second substrate;
• forming a second patterned spacer on the second transparent electrode to have a second height;
• forming a second alignment layer to cover the second patterned spacer;
• bonding the first and second substrates together to be spaced apart by the uniform cell gap;
• and
• forming a liquid crystal material layer interposed between the first and second alignment layers to fill the uniform cell gap,
• wherein the first and second spacers are connected to each other and a summation of the first and second heights of the first and second patterned spacers is equivalent to the uniform cell gap, and a first one of the first and second heights is between 80% and 90% of the uniform cell gap and a second one of the first and second heights is between 10% and 20% of the uniform cell gap.