Patent ID: 6924859

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate having an inner surface opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal placed between the first and second substrates; a plurality of light-transmitting pixel electrodes arranged between the inner surface of the second substrate and the liquid crystal; a plurality of switching elements each comprising a thin transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein each of the plurality of switching elements is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the pixel electrodes; a plurality of reflecting layers, wherein each of the plurality of reflecting layers is placed between a corresponding one of the pixel electrodes and the inner surface of the second substrate and has an area smaller than an area of the corresponding pixel electrode; and an insulating layer provided between the pixel electrodes and the reflecting layers; wherein the reflecting layers and the gate electrode of each of the switching elements are provided in a same plane of the liquid crystal display apparatus and are formed from a same material, and the reflecting layers are positioned independently so as to be disconnected from each other and from the electrodes of the switching elements; and wherein an oxide film is provided on a surface of the gate electrode of each of the switching elements but not on a surface of each of the reflecting layers.