Patent ID: 7414685

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of pixel regions each defined by respective pixel electrodes and a common electrode, for application of a voltage to the liquid crystal layer and formation of a fringe electric field at each pixel region; wherein each of the pixel regions includes a transmissive region and a reflective region, and a thickness of the liquid crystal layer at the transmissive region is greater than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer at the reflective region; and the common electrode is made of an aluminum film, and has a transmissive area corresponding to the transmissive region and a reflective area corresponding to the reflective region, a thickness of the transmissive area is less than 100 nanometers, and a thickness of the reflective area is more than 100 nanometers.