Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
View Patent ↗A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, a black matrix array having a lattice configuration on the substrate, the black matrix array corresponding to boundary regions between adjacent ones of the pixel regions, a plurality of color filter layers, each corresponding to one of the pixel regions, and a column spacer array having a lattice configuration, the column spacer array corresponding to the black matrix array.
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
first and second substrates spaced apart from each other and having a plurality of pixel regions;
gate and data lines disposed on the first substrate to cross each other;
a thin film transistor at each crossing point of the gate and data lines;
a pixel electrode connected to each thin film transistor;
a black matrix array having a lattice configuration on the second substrate, the black matrix array corresponding to one of the gate and data lines;
a color filter layer on the black matrix array and corresponding to each of the pixel regions; and
a column spacer array having a lattice configuration on the color filter layer, the column spacer array corresponding to the black matrix array.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the column spacer array has width portions narrower than width portions of the black matrix array.
3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a common electrode on the second substrate.
4. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
preparing first and second substrates having a plurality of pixel regions;
forming gate and data lines crossing each other on the first substrate;
forming a thin film transistor at each crossing point of the gate and data lines;
forming a pixel electrode connected to each thin film transistor;
forming a black matrix array having a lattice configuration on the second substrate;
forming a color filter layer on the black matrix array;
forming a column spacer array having a lattice configuration on the color filter layer, the column spacer array corresponding to the black matrix array;
applying a liquid crystal material onto the first substrate; and
attaching the first and second substrates together.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the column spacer array has width portions narrower than width portions of the black matrix.
6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the black matrix array corresponds to one of the gate and data lines.
7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the color filter layer corresponds to the pixel regions.
8. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising forming a common electrode on the second substrate.