Patent ID: 7864275

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal sandwiched between said pair of substrates, characterized in that said liquid crystal display panel has a number of subpixels; and each subpixel in said number of subpixels has a transmission portion and a reflection portion; wherein a first substrate from among said pair of substrates has sequentially formed on a surface thereof facing said liquid crystal: a light blocking film which is formed on said surface of said first substrate at least in a border between said transmission portion and said reflection portion and at least has a portion which surrounds said reflection portion; an orientation film for orienting a phase difference film formed at least on a surface of said light blocking film facing said liquid crystal; said phase difference film being formed inside the portion surrounded by said light blocking film on a surface of said orientation film facing said liquid crystal; a color filter formed at least on a surface of said phase difference film facing said liquid crystal; and a flattened film formed on a surface of said color filter facing said liquid crystal.