Patent ID: 7250995

Claim:
A transflective liquid crystal display including a plurality of dots, each dot having a reflective display area and a transmissive display area, the reflective display area and the transmissive display area of each dot being separate and independent from each other, the transflective liquid crystal display comprising: an element substrate having a pixel electrode; an opposite substrate facing the element substrate; the opposite substrate including an opposing electrode opposing the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode of the two substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal with a negative dielectric anisotropy; a switching element connected to the pixel electrode, the switching element generating an electric field that causes an alignment disorder of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer; an adjusting layer provided at least in the reflective display area, the adjusting layer making a thickness of the liquid crystal layer thicker in the transmissive display area than in the reflective display area, the adjusting layer including a slope in a vicinity of a boundary between the transmissive display area and the reflective display area; a reflective layer provided in the reflective display area of the opposite substrate and in a non-overlapping condition with the transmissive display area in plan view, the reflective layer having a portion extending directly below the switching element, beneath the slope of the adjusting layer, and to an edge of the slope of the adjusting layer that borders the transmissive display area, the portion shielding the alignment disorder of the liquid crystal layer from being viewed during transmissive display; and at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge that control the direction in which the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer tilt, the at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge being provided in overlap in plan view with both the slope of the adjusting layer and the edge of the reflective layer.