Patent ID: 7046322

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy; dot areas, each dot area having a reflective display area and at least two transmissive display areas; an adjusting layer provided between the liquid crystal layer and at least one substrate of the pair of substrates, the adjusting layer making a thickness of the liquid crystal layer different in the reflective display area and the transmissive display areas and being provided at least in the reflective display area; an alignment restrictor making the liquid crystal molecules in the transmissive display areas tilt, the tilting direction of the liquid crystal molecules being opposite to each other in the two transmissive display areas, the alignment restrictor making liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer tilt in the same direction in the reflective display areas; a first transmissive display area and a second transmissive display area of the at least two transmissive display areas being adjacent to, and sandwiching, the reflective display area, the first transmissive display area having a first portion adjacent to a first side of the reflective display area, the second transmissive display area having a second portion adjacent to a second side of the reflective display area opposite to the first side of the reflective display area, and the tilting direction of the liquid crystal molecules being opposite to each other in the first and second portions.