Patent ID: 7688405

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal cell formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the liquid crystal cell; a first area having a reflective electrode and having a first cell gap; a second area having an exposed portion of a transparent electrode, which is not overlapped with the reflective electrode, and having a second cell gap greater than the first cell gap; and a color filter formed on the second substrate, wherein a first portion of the color filter corresponding to the second area is thicker than a second portion of the color filter corresponding to the first area so that a portion of the second substrate having the color filter protrudes toward the first substrate in the second area, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises liquid crystal molecules normally aligned at an angle equal to or greater than about 45° with respect to a line parallel to the first substrate, and wherein the second area is formed closer to a first corner of the pixel region than each remaining corner of the pixel region, and at least a portion of the second area overlaps a gate line or a data line, the gate line and the data line being formed on the first substrate to be connected to a switching element.