Patent ID: 8189145

Claim:
A display device with plural pixels that each have a reflective region and a transmissive region and a liquid crystal layer, the display device comprising, in each of the pixels: an element layer on a substrate; a planarizing layer on the substrate to cover the element layer, the planarizing layer having a contact hole in communication with the element layer; a pixel electrode provided on a portion of the planarizing layer and a portion of the element layer, said pixel electrode being bounded by a sidewall of the contact hole a gap adjusting layer on the planarizing layer; and a reflection electrode on the gap adjusting layer; wherein, the reflective region is defined by an area including the element layer, the planarizing layer, the gap adjusting layer, and the reflection electrode formed on the gap adjusting layer, the transmissive region is defined by an area including the planarizing layer formed on the substrate but excluding the gap adjusting layer, and a portion of the gap adjusting layer is contained within the contact hole, said contact hole being covered by the gap adjusting layer, and a height of the planarizing layer from the substrate on the element layer of the reflective region is higher than a height of the planarizing layer from the substrate on the transmissive region.