Patent ID: 8208102

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pair of substrates; a display medium interposed between the pair of substrates; and a pixel having a reflective region for performing reflective display and a transmissive region for performing transmissive display, wherein the display device includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode on one of the pair of substrates, a voltage is applied to the display medium through the pixel electrode and the common electrode, each of the pixel electrode and the common electrode is provided with a slit, the pixel electrode is provided with the slit in the reflective region and the transmissive region, and the common electrode comprises a first portion in the reflective region and a second portion in the transmissive region, wherein the first portion of the common electrode in the reflective region comprises a plurality of slits defined in the common electrode, and the second portion of the common electrode in the transmissive region does not include a plurality of slits defined therein, so that the common electrode does not include a plurality of slits in the transmissive region of the pixel.