Patent ID: 6023309
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A reflective liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising an array of reflective pixels over a surface of a silicon substrate, with light transmissive regions being located between said reflective pixels, a first metal layer between said reflective pixels and said surface, segments of said first metal layer extending in a first direction to form row electrodes of said LCD, and a second metal layer between said reflective pixels and said surface, segments of said second metal layer extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first to form column electrodes of said LCD, characterized in that portions of the first and second metal layers extend beneath substantially all of said light transmissive regions to substantially block all light passing between said reflective pixels from reaching said substrate without the use of a separate light-blocking metal layer, and in that at least one component of said reflective LCD is located between said array of reflective pixels and said surface and beneath a portion of said light transmissive regions to further block light passing between said reflective pixels from reaching said substrate.