Liquid crystal display unit
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display unit, comprising one substrate with a thin-film transistor provided thereon, and the other substrate with a color filter formed thereon, said one substrate and the other substrate are attached together, and a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between the two substrates, wherein there are provided:
- a first reflective electrode installed on inner surface of said one substrate and having reflective surfaces on front and rear surfaces, said first reflective electrode having a reflective lens structure with a convex portion to face toward said counter substrate, and having an opening at the vertex of said convex portion;
a second reflective film disposed between said first reflective electrode and said one substrate and under said opening of said first reflective electrode, said second reflective film having reflective surface on the surface facing to said first reflective electrode; and
a light entering from said one substrate is reflected by the rear surface of said first reflective electrode and by the front surface of said second reflective film, said light is converged to said opening of said first reflective electrode and is allowed to pass toward said the other substrate.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a transreflective type liquid crystal display unit, which can reduce power consumption of backlight and displays high-quality image. The liquid crystal display unit of the present invention comprises a first reflective electrode 105, which is installed on inner surface of one substrate 100 and has reflective surfaces on front and rear surfaces and is designed to have reflective lens structure with a convex portion to face to a counter electrode and has an opening 153 at the vertex of said convex portion. Further, the liquid crystal display unit has a second reflective film 104 having reflective surface on the surface facing to the first reflective electrode 105 between the first reflective electrode 105 and said one substrate 100 and under the opening 153 of the first reflective electrode 105. A light entering from the direction of said one substrate 100 is reflected by the rear surface of the first reflective electrode 105 and by the front surface of the second reflective film 104, and the light is converged to the opening 153 of the first reflective electrode 105 and is allowed to pass toward the other substrate 200.
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1. A liquid crystal display unit, comprising one substrate with a thin-film transistor provided thereon, and the other substrate with a color filter formed thereon, said one substrate and the other substrate are attached together, and a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between the two substrates, wherein there are provided:
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a first reflective electrode installed on inner surface of said one substrate and having reflective surfaces on front and rear surfaces, said first reflective electrode having a reflective lens structure with a convex portion to face toward said counter substrate, and having an opening at the vertex of said convex portion; a second reflective film disposed between said first reflective electrode and said one substrate and under said opening of said first reflective electrode, said second reflective film having reflective surface on the surface facing to said first reflective electrode; and a light entering from said one substrate is reflected by the rear surface of said first reflective electrode and by the front surface of said second reflective film, said light is converged to said opening of said first reflective electrode and is allowed to pass toward said the other substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A liquid crystal display unit, comprising one substrate with a thin-film transistor provided thereon, and the other substrate with a color filter formed thereon, said one substrate and the other substrate are attached together, and a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between the two substrates, wherein there are provided:
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a first reflective electrode installed on inner surface of said one substrate and having reflective surfaces on front and rear surfaces, said first reflective electrode having a reflective lens structure with a convex portion to face toward said counter substrate, and having an opening at the vertex of said convex portion; a second reflective film disposed between said first reflective electrode and said one substrate and under said opening of said first reflective electrode, said second reflective film having reflective surface on the surface facing to said first reflective electrode; said liquid crystal display unit, further comprising a transparent pixel electrode for driving said liquid crystal via an insulator film on upper layer of said first reflective electrode, and a reflective electrode formed on said transparent electrode by avoiding said opening of said first reflective electrode; and a light entering from the direction of said one substrate is reflected by rear surface of said first reflective electrode and by front surface of said second reflective film, and said light is converged to said opening of said first reflective electrode and is allowed to pass toward said the other substrate via said transparent pixel electrode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A liquid crystal display unit, comprising one substrate with a thin-film transistor provided thereon, and the other substrate with a color filter formed thereon, said one substrate and the other substrate are attached together, and a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between the two substrates, wherein there are provided:
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a first reflective electrode installed on inner surface of said one substrate and having reflective surfaces on front and rear surfaces, said first reflective electrode having a reflective lens structure with a convex portion to face toward said counter substrate, and having an opening at the vertex of said convex portion; a second reflective film disposed between said first reflective electrode and said one substrate and under said opening of said first reflective electrode, said second reflective film having reflective surface on the surface facing to said first reflective electrode; said liquid crystal display unit further comprising; a retardation film formed on upper layer of said first reflective electrode via an organic PAS film; a transparent common electrode prepared on said retardation film; and a transparent pixel electrode having an opening via an insulator film on upper layer of said transparent common electrode, wherein; a light entering from the direction of said one substrate is reflected by rear surface of said first reflective electrode and by front surface of said second reflective film and is converged to said opening of said first reflective electrode and is allowed to pass toward said the other substrate. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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