Patent ID: 8031304
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pixel electrode substrate including a transmissive pixel electrode section and a reflective pixel electrode section corresponding to one pixel; a counter electrode substrate including a counter electrode section and arranged so as to oppose the pixel electrode substrate; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pixel electrode substrate and the counter electrode substrate, wherein: the pixel includes a transmissive region corresponding to at least part of the transmissive pixel electrode section and a reflective region corresponding to at least part of the reflective pixel electrode section; at least one of the pixel electrode substrate and the counter electrode substrate includes a protruding portion provided so that a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in at least part of the reflective region is smaller than that in the transmissive region; one surface of the at least one of the pixel electrode substrate and the counter electrode substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer is subjected to a rubbing treatment in a predetermined direction; the liquid crystal display device includes a light-blocking section; the light-blocking section is formed using the same material as one or more other elements of the liquid crystal display device; wherein the protruding portion is formed so as to extend across the pixel in a direction not parallel to the rubbing direction and parallel to a substrate plane, wherein the light-blocking section shades a portion of the transmissive pixel electrode section from light traveling towards the pixel and emitted from a backlight, and wherein the light-blocking section is extended downstream of the protruding portion and beyond the protruding portion.