Patent ID: 7446836

Claim:
A transflective liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal material interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a display region including a pixel row of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction, each pixel having a reflective region and a transmissive region, the reflective regions of the pixel row spanning across adjacent pixels of the pixel row in a stripe shape, the transmissive regions of the pixel row spanning across adjacent pixels of the pixel row in a stripe shape; a layer-thickness adjusting layer provided in between the first substrate and the liquid crystal material, the layer-thickness adjusting layer including: a thick layer portion spanning across the reflective display regions of the pixel row including the pixels arranged in the predetermined direction; a step portion between reflective and transmissive regions of corresponding pixels in the display region; and a gradual reduction portion formed outboard of the display region, the gradual reduction portion reducing a step difference between reflective and transmissive regions; and an electrode formed at the reflective regions and the transmissive regions, the electrode spanning across the pixel row and extending outboard of the display region, the electrode including: a first portion extending outboard of the display region, the first portion extending from a portion of the electrode that corresponds to the reflective regions in the pixel row; and a second portion extending outboard of the display region, the second portion extending from another portion of the electrode that corresponds to the transmissive regions in the pixel row; wherein the first portion and the second portion correspond to same pixel row, and connect to each other through the gradual reduction portion.