Patent ID: 7271866
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate having a first electrode; a second substrate having second electrodes; a plurality of dot areas formed at an overlapping portion of the first electrode and the second electrodes, one dot area including a transparent display area for a transparent display and a separate reflective display area for a reflective display; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer exhibiting vertical alignment in an initial alignment state; and an insulating film to adjust a thickness of the liquid crystal layer, provided in at least the reflective display area between the liquid crystal layer and one of the first and second substrates at a position, a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in a center of the one dot area being set smaller than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in a periphery of the one dot area, the insulating film having an inclined area with continuously varying thickness and including an inclined plane, wherein the inclined plane of the insulating film inclines toward the transparent display area and is arranged at two opposite side ends of the reflective display area, the inclined plane controlling the alignment orientation of the liquid crystal layer, the transparent display area in the one dot area being adjacent to the transparent display area in an adjacent dot area.