Patent ID: 7528910

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of substrates including an element substrate and a counter substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy; a common electrode provided on the counter substrate; a dot region including a transmissive display region for transmissive display and a reflective display region for reflective display, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective display region being approximately equal to that of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display region; a light-transmissive pixel electrode provided on the element substrate for applying voltage to drive the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the common electrode, the pixel electrode including an outer edge and being in a non-overlapping condition with the common electrode at a region within the dot; and a reflector that is located in the reflective display region and that does not contribute to the application of voltage to the liquid crystal layer, the reflector overlapping the outer edge of the pixel electrode and overlapping the region within the dot where the pixel electrode is in a non-overlapping condition with the common electrode.