Patent ID: 7683995

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer of a vertical-alignment type provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a picture element region defined by a first electrode provided on a side of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on an inner face of the second substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the picture element region including a transmission region in which transmission-mode display is performed by using light entering through the first substrate and a reflection region in which reflection-mode display is performed using light entering through the second substrate, wherein the first electrode includes a solid portion formed of an electrically-conductive film and a non-solid portion in which no electrically-conductive film is formed, the solid portion including a plurality of unit solid portions that extend in a first direction and that are substantially surrounded by the non-solid portion, the plurality of unit solid portions including at least one unit solid portion located in the transmission region, and wherein a length of the unit solid portion located in the transmission region, along the first direction, is 70 μm or less; and wherein the inner face of the second substrate has an upper level face located in the reflection region and a lower level face located in the transmission region such that a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is smaller than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region and wherein a side face of the second substrate joins the upper level face and the lower level face, wherein the side face is located in the reflection region, and wherein the side face is covered with the second electrode.