Patent ID: 7471363

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy; adjacent dot areas each including a transmissive display area and a reflective display area; transmissive display region protrusions each located in a corresponding transmissive display region and serving as an alignment controlling device that controls an alignment of liquid crystal molecules in the corresponding transmissive display region; reflective display region protrusions each located in a corresponding reflective display region and serving as an alignment controlling device that controls an alignment of the liquid crystal molecules in the corresponding reflective display region; and a liquid crystal thickness defining protrusion located between the adjacent dot areas in plan view, the liquid crystal thickness defining protrusion extending between the first substrate and the second substrate with no liquid crystal between the liquid crystal thickness defining protrusion and either of the first substrate and the second substrate, thereby defining a thickness of the liquid crystal layer.