Patent ID: 7705937

Claim:
A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising first and second polarizing films having polarizing axes perpendicular to one another, a liquid crystal (LC) layer interposed between said first polarizing film and said second polarizing film, said LC layer defining an array of pixels each including a reflective region and a transmissive region juxtaposed, wherein: LC molecules of said LC layer have a longer axis extending parallel to or normal to the polarization direction of the light incident onto said LC layer in said reflective region; and each of said pixels includes two pixel electrodes receiving a pixel signal which is common between said reflective region and said transmissive region, a first common electrode receiving a first common signal which is common among said reflective regions of a plurality of said pixels, and a second common electrode receiving a second common signal which is common among said transmissive regions of said plurality of said pixels.