Patent ID: 7248321

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: liquid crystal layer that includes liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy and that is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; a transmissive display region and a reflective display region provided in each dot region of the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode provided on the first substrate; a second electrode provided on the second substrate and facing the first substrate; a liquid-crystal-layer thickness-adjusting layer that is formed in the reflective display region of the first substrate so that a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective display region is smaller than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display region; a first electrode slit that is formed by cutting a portion of the first electrodes and that controls the tilting direction of a liquid crystal molecule of the liquid crystal layer, the first electrode slit being formed on the liquid-crystal-layer thickness-adjusting layer; a convex portion that protrudes from a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate and that controls a tilting direction of the liquid crystal molecules; and a second electrode slit that is formed by cutting a portion of the first electrode and that controls the tilting direction of a liquid crystal molecule of the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode slit being formed on the convex portion; wherein all of the first electrode slit, the second electrode slit and the convex portion are formed on the first substrate.