Patent ID: 8384860

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixels, and comprising, in each of the plurality of pixels, a reflection section for reflecting incident light toward a display surface, wherein, the reflection section includes a metal layer having a plurality of apertures, and a reflective layer formed on the metal layer with an insulating layer interposed therebetween; a surface of the reflective layer includes a plurality of recesses or protrusions formed in accordance with a cross-sectional shape of the metal layer; regarding distance between two adjacent apertures among the plurality of apertures of the metal layer, a shortest distance is no less than 0.3 μm and no more than 3.0 μm; and wherein the metal layer includes a plurality of main portions and a linking portion connecting the plurality of main portions, the linking portion has a width which is narrower than a width of each of a first main portion and a second main portion which are connected by the linking portion, and the linking portion has a width of no less than 0.3 μm and no more than 3.0 μm.