Patent ID: 7277146

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; and a dot area including a transmissive display area and a reflective display area, the liquid crystal layer being composed of liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy, a liquid crystal layer thickness-adjustment layer being disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer that reduces a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective display area in comparison with a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display area, a reflective layer disposed in the reflective display area, and the second substrate without the liquid crystal layer thickness-adjustment layer having protrusions protruding from an inner surface of the second substrate to the liquid crystal layer, the protrusions being formed in both the transmissive display area and the reflective display area, the protrusions in the transmissive display area having a height that is larger than the height of the protrusions in the reflective display area.