Patent ID: 7777842

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel having a pair of substrates and liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of subpixels, the plurality of subpixels each comprising an active element, a pixel electrode, and a counter electrode, in which an electric field is generated by the pixel electrode and the counter electrode to drive the liquid crystal, the liquid crystal display device comprising a light-shielding film; a color filter, the light shielding film and the color filter being formed on a first substrate of the pair of substrates; and a scanning line and a video line for supplying the active element with a scanning voltage and a video voltage, respectively, the scanning line and the video line being formed on a second substrate of the pair of substrates; wherein each of the subpixels includes a transmissive section and a reflective section; wherein the plurality of subpixels include a first subpixel and a second subpixel which is adjacent to the first subpixel in a direction extending along the scanning line; wherein the transmissive section of the first subpixel borders the transmissive section of the second subpixel and the reflective section of the first subpixel borders the reflective section of the second subpixel; wherein there exists a region where both the light-shielding film and the color filter are not disposed on the first substrate; wherein the region lies between an area corresponding to the pixel electrode of the reflective section of the first subpixel and an area corresponding to the pixel electrode of the reflective section of the second subpixel; and wherein there is no such region between an area corresponding to the pixel electrode of the transmissive section of the first subpixel and an area corresponding to the pixel electrode of the transmissive section of the second subpixel.