Patent ID: 8692963

Claim:
A transflective liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising: a first polarizing layer; a second polarizing layer; a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer opposite to the first substrate layer, wherein the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer are between the first polarizing layer and the second polarizing layer; a liquid crystal material between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer; an over-coating layer adjacent to the first substrate layer, wherein the over-coating layer comprises at least one opening that forms in part a transmissive part and wherein a remainder of the over-coating layer forms in part a reflective part; a patterned in-cell retarder in direct contact with an inner surface of the first substrate layer, wherein the patterned in-cell retarder covers at least a portion of the reflective part; and a reflective layer between the over-coating layer and the second substrate layer, wherein the reflective layer substantially covers the reflective part; wherein the patterned in-cell retarder is between the reflective layer and the first substrate layer.