Patent ID: 6862065

Claim:
A transflective display device with different pretilt angles, comprising: an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposed with each other and separated by a space, in which the space comprises a transmissive region and a reflective region; a first alignment layer formed on the inner surface of the upper substrate; a transparent electrode formed on the inner surface of the lower substrate; a reflective electrode formed on a portion of the transparent electrode, wherein the reflective region is over the reflective electrode, and the transmissive region is over the transparent electrode which is not covered by the reflective electrode; a second alignment layer formed on the reflective electrode and the exposed surface of the transparent electrode; a liquid crystal layer formed in the space between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and sandwiched between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, in which the liquid crystal layer serves as a single cell gap; wherein, the liquid crystal layer comprises a first pretilt-angle region in the reflective region and adjacent to the first alignment layer; wherein, the liquid crystal layer comprises, a second pretilt-angle region in the reflective region and adjacent to the second alignment layer; wherein, the liquid crystal layer comprises a third pretilt-angle region in the transmissive region and adjacent to the first alignment layer; wherein, the liquid crystal layer comprises a fourth pretilt-angle region in the transmissive region and adjacent to the second alignment layer; and wherein, the liquid crystal molecules have at least two pretilt angles in the first pretilt-angle region, the second pretilt-angle region, the third pretilt-angle region, and the fourth pretilt-angle region.