Patent ID: 7884908
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate which has a plurality of pixels and a first alignment film, the plurality of pixels being arranged in matrix and each having a signal electrode and a common electrode, the first alignment film covering the plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each having a transmissive area and a reflective area; a second substrate which has a second alignment film; and a liquid crystal layer which is held between the first alignment film of the first substrate and the second alignment film of the second substrate, and which is driven with a voltage applied between the signal electrode and the common electrode, wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a first liquid crystal alignment region and a second liquid crystal alignment region each of which has a different liquid crystal alignment direction, wherein the first liquid crystal alignment region and the second liquid crystal alignment region are adjacent to each other within each of the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a boundary region whose liquid crystal alignment direction shifts continuously from the liquid crystal alignment direction of the first liquid crystal alignment region to the liquid crystal alignment direction of the second liquid crystal alignment region between the adjacent first liquid crystal alignment region and second liquid crystal alignment region, and wherein the first liquid crystal alignment region is wider than the transmissive area, and the second liquid crystal alignment region is narrower than the reflective area.