Patent ID: 6657684
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A reflective liquid crystal display device, comprising:a liquid crystal cell including liquid crystal sandwiched between a pair of substrates, the pair of substrates including an upper substrate and a lower substrate, the substrates being arranged so as to oppose each other; an illumination device provided at an upper surface side of the liquid crystal cell, the illumination device having a light source and a light guide plate; and a reflective layer provided below the liquid crystal of the liquid crystal cell, the light guide plate defining a plurality of projections or depressions extending in one direction, and the reflective layer defining a plurality of projections or depressions extending in another direction, the extending direction of the projections or depressions of the light guide plate and the extending direction of the projections or depressions of the reflective layer being not parallel to each other in plan view.