Patent ID: 7834964

Claim:
A transflective liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer put between the pair of substrates, in which the liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of sub-pixels each having a transmission portion and a reflection portion, and each of the plurality of sub-pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, wherein: in each of the sub-pixels, the pixel electrode is in common with the transmission portion and the reflection portion, the counter electrode is independent between the transmission portion and the reflection portion; a clearance extending to separate the counter electrode of the transmission portion and the counter electrode of the reflection portion; the potential applied to the counter electrode is different between the transmission portion and the reflection portion; the liquid crystal layer comprises positive type liquid crystals; and the liquid crystal initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the clearance between the counter electrode of the transmission portion and the counter electrode of the reflection portion, or in a direction within a range of ±2° in a clockwise direction relative to the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the clearance.