Patent ID: 7564521

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: an illumination device that outputs illumination light; and a liquid crystal panel that receives the illumination light from the illumination device, the liquid crystal panel including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed in between the first substrate and the illumination device; liquid crystal interposed between the first and second substrates; a pixel having subpixels corresponding to different colors, each sub-pixel including a reflective portion and a transmissive portion; a first color filter corresponding to one of the subpixels, the first color filter being disposed between the liquid crystal and the second substrate; a second color filter corresponding to another one of the subpixels, the second color filter being disposed between the liquid crystal and the second substrate at a position adjacent to the first color filter; and a first reflecting film provided in between the liquid crystal and the first color filter; a second reflecting film provided in between the liquid crystal and the second color filter, the second reflecting film being separated from the first reflecting film by a gap; and a light-shielding layer provided between the first and second color filters at a position that overlaps the gap between the first and second color filters at a position that overlaps the gap between the first and second reflective films, the light-shielding layer having a broader width than the gap between the first and second reflective layers, wherein no color filter is disposed between the first substrate and the first reflecting film or the second reflecting film and the first and second reflecting films directly contact the light-shielding film.