Patent ID: 7483098
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: an element substrate; a counter substrate opposite to the element substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the element substrate and the counter substrate, the liquid crystal layer being composed of liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy; a dot region having a transmissive display region and a reflective display region; and a liquid-crystal-layer-thickness adjusting layer provided between the liquid crystal layer and one of the element substrate and the counter substrate, the liquid-crystal-layer-thickness adjusting layer making thickness of the liquid crystal layer smaller in the reflective display region than in the transmissive display region of the dot region; an element forming layer formed in between the element substrate and the liquid crystal layer, the element forming layer including a switching element; and an element electrode formed between an insulating film and the liquid crystal layer; wherein the insulating film is formed between the element forming layer and the element electrode, the insulating film being formed with a contact hole that brings the element electrode into electrical connection with the element forming layer, the contact hole being located within the dot region at a position outside of the reflective display region of the dot region; the element electrode includes two island-shaped portions two-dimensionally arranged in the dot region and a connection portion that electrically connects the island-shaped portions to each other, one of the island-shaped portions being disposed in the reflective display region and the other island-shaped portions being disposed in the transmissive display region, the connection portion being provided at between the reflective display region and the transmissive display region in plan view; and the island-shaped portion arranged in the transmissive display region is provided with a protecting portion that protrudes from one side thereof toward outside of the dot region, the contact hole being arranged so as to overlap the protecting portion in plan view.