Patent ID: 7982834

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel which includes first and second substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal layer and defines an array of pixels each including a reflective area and a transmissive area, said transmissive area including a first pixel electrode and a first common electrode for generating therebetween a lateral electric field, said reflective area including a second pixel electrode and a counter electrode for generating therebetween a longitudinal electric field; a quarter-wavelength retardation film disposed in said reflective area in front of said liquid crystal layer; and first and second polarizing films sandwiching therebetween said liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal layer having a major axis parallel or perpendicular to an optical axis of said first polarizing film disposed in front of said liquid crystal panel, wherein the quarter-wavelength retardation film does not overlap with the transmissive area.