Patent ID: 7352421

Claim:
A liquid crystal apparatus comprising: a TFT array substrate having an insulating substrate; a counter electrode substrate having a transparent common electrode; and a liquid crystal material sandwiched between the TFT array substrate and the counter electrode substrate, wherein the TFT array substrate includes on the insulating substrate: a plurality of gate wirings having a gate electrode; a plurality of source wirings having a source electrode and intersecting with the gate wirings; a thin film transistor having the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer provided on the gate electrode through a gate insulating film, the source electrode, and a drain electrode; an interlayer insulating film provided above the thin film transistor, the gate wirings, and the source wirings; a transparent pixel electrode transmitting light, having a first transparent conductive film, which is provided on the interlayer insulating film, is electrically connected to the drain electrode through a contact hole provided in the interlayer insulating film disposed above the drain electrode, and is put into contact with a surface of the insulating substrate through a pixel opening provided in the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film; a reflective pixel electrode reflecting light, made of an Al-alloy, which is electrically connected to the drain electrode in the contact hole through the first transparent conductive film; and a second transparent conductive film formed on the reflective electrode, the transparent pixel electrode and the reflective pixel electrode are provided in each single pixel part, and the second transparent conductive film has a same pattern shape as that of the reflective pixel electrode and has a thickness that is at least 5 nm.