Patent ID: 7092055

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer disposed between said first and second substrates; a plurality of transparent electrodes formed in between said second substrate and said liquid crystal layer, said plurality of transparent electrodes being spaced from each other as viewed in plan; a plurality of reflectors formed on said second substrate in areas opposing respective ones of said plurality of transparent electrodes, adjacent reflectors being separated by a gap; a color filter disposed between one of said transparent electrodes and one of said reflectors, said color filter being disposed: in a region where the reflectors are formed and in a region in which the one transparent electrode overlaps the gap between the one of said reflectors and a reflector adjacent the one of said reflectors; an illuminating apparatus disposed on a side of said second substrate which is opposite to the side where said liquid crystal layer is disposed; and wherein reflective display is performed where the reflectors are formed, and transmissive display is performed where at least one of the transparent electrodes overlaps the gap between the one of said reflectors and the reflector adjacent the one of said reflectors.