Patent ID: 8405804

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate disposed on a viewer's side of the liquid crystal layer; a second substrate disposed so as to oppose the first substrate via the liquid crystal layer; a specular reflection layer, comprising a pixel electrode, interposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate; a pair of electrodes for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; a polarization layer disposed on a viewer's side of the first substrate; a retardation layer interposed between the liquid crystal layer and the polarization layer; and a light scattering layer disposed on a viewer's side of the polarization layer, the light scattering layer having a scattering surface, the scattering surface including a macro uneven structure which has a light scatterability and a micro uneven structure which is superimposedly formed over the macro uneven structure and which is smaller than visible light wavelengths, wherein a distance between the liquid crystal layer and the scattering surface of the light scattering layer is substantially equal to or less than three times the pixel pitch of the liquid crystal display device.