Patent ID: 7839473

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates of the panel; a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each of the plurality of the pixel regions has at least one transmissive display region and at least one reflective display region which contribute to display of an image by the display device; wherein the transmissive display region is adjacent to a transmissive display region of an adjacent pixel region without interposing the reflective display region therebetween, and the reflective display region is adjacent to a reflective display region of an adjacent pixel region without interposing the transmissive display region therebetween; a light shielding portion is provided at an inter-pixel region lying between adjacent transmissive display regions and is not provided at an inter-pixel region lying between adjacent reflective display regions; and wherein the liquid crystal layer is thicker at the transmissive display region than at the reflective display region.