Patent ID: 7463327

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: first and second substrates provided opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first and the second substrates; a pixel region formed on the first substrate and including a reflective area having a reflective plate for reflecting light impinging thereon from the side of the second substrate; a thin film transistor formed at each pixel region on the first substrate and having source and drain electrodes formed from the same material as the reflective plate and a gate electrode; a protective film formed on the thin film transistor; a columnar spacer formed in a region, outside the reflective area, where a first electrode layer formed from the same material as the gate electrode, a second electrode layer formed from the same material as the source and drain electrodes, and the protective film are provided one over another, the columnar spacer contacting both of the first and the second substrates to maintain a cell gap; and a protrusive structure formed in the reflective area on either of the first and the second substrates from the same material as the columnar spacer, the protrusive structure regulating the alignment of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer.