Liquid crystal display having particular reflective area and transmissive area
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a pair of substrates opposite to each other;
a liquid crystal layer sealed between the pair of substrates; and
a pixel region having a reflective area including a reflector for reflecting light entering from the side of one of the pair of substrates, the reflector being provided on the other of the pair of substrates, and a transmissive area for transmitting light entering from the side of the other of the pair of substrates toward the one of the pair of substrates,wherein the reflector is provided at the periphery of the pixel region;
wherein the transmissive area has a transparent pixel electrode which is provided at an opening of the reflector and which is formed above the reflector and electrically isolated from the reflector; and
wherein a cell thickness of the reflective area is substantially equal to or greater than a cell thickness of the transmissive area.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a transflective liquid crystal display capable of display in both of transmissive and reflective modes and a method of manufacturing the same and provides a transflective liquid crystal display which can achieve high display characteristics in both of the transmissive and reflective modes. A configuration is employed which includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates, a pixel region including a reflective area having a reflector for reflecting light entering from the side of one of the pair of substrates and a transmissive area for transmitting light entering from the side of the other of the pair of substrates toward the one of the pair of substrates, a backlight unit having a reflector and a light guide plate for reflecting the light which has entered the transmissive area from the side of the one of the pair of substrates and which has been transmitted by the area to cause the light to enter the transmissive area again from the side of the other of the pair of substrates, and a color filter layer formed only in the transmissive area of the pixel region.
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30 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a pair of substrates opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer sealed between the pair of substrates; and a pixel region having a reflective area including a reflector for reflecting light entering from the side of one of the pair of substrates, the reflector being provided on the other of the pair of substrates, and a transmissive area for transmitting light entering from the side of the other of the pair of substrates toward the one of the pair of substrates, wherein the reflector is provided at the periphery of the pixel region; wherein the transmissive area has a transparent pixel electrode which is provided at an opening of the reflector and which is formed above the reflector and electrically isolated from the reflector; and wherein a cell thickness of the reflective area is substantially equal to or greater than a cell thickness of the transmissive area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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