Transflective liquid crystal display device having high aperture ratio and method of fabricating the same

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

• forming a gate line on a first substrate along a first direction, the first substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, each of the pixel regions having a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, the pixel regions being arranged such that both sides of the transmissive portion of one pixel region adjoin directly to the reflective portions of the other pixel regions adjacent to one pixel region;
• forming first and second data lines along a second direction transverse to the first direction and crossing the gate line, each of the first and second data lines including first and second bent portions, a distance between the first bent portions in the first direction being greater than a distance between the second bent portions in the first direction;
• forming an organic layer covering the gate line and the first and second data lines;
• forming a switching device connected to the gate line and one of the first and second data lines;
• forming a transparent pixel electrode in the transmissive portion and connected to the switching device;
• forming a reflective layer in the reflective portions, the reflective layer having an open portion that exposes the transparent pixel electrode on the transmissive portion, the reflective layer covering the gate line and the first and second data lines, and the organic layer covered by the reflective layer having a step profile at a side portion along a periphery of the organic layer;
• attaching the first substrate and a second substrate;
• and
• forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein the transparent pixel electrode occupies a first space between the first bent portions of the first and second data lines, and the reflective layer occupies a second space between the second bent portions of the first and second data lines, and
• wherein a maximum width of the transparent pixel electrode in the open portion is larger than a maximum width of the reflective layer.