Patent ID: 6738116
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A reflective liquid crystal display device comprising:a light source; a light-guiding plate, in which light from the light source is received at a side surface of the light-guiding plate, and in which the light exits from a bottom surface of the light-guiding plate; a reflective liquid crystal display panel disposed parallel to and opposing the bottom surface of the light-guiding plate, the reflective liquid crystal display panel having an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; and a deflecting device for deflecting light which has exited from the bottom surface of the light-guiding plate, and located at a top surface side of the upper substrate of the reflective liquid crystal display panel, wherein the deflecting device includes at least one surface at a light source side substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the upper substrate of the reflective liquid crystal display panel, and at least one tilted surface that tilts towards a side opposite the light source, from a crest line of the at least one substantially perpendicular surface at an angle, with respect to an imaginary surface which passes through the crest line and which is parallel to the top surface of the upper substrate.