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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1997
Hideo Kataoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ying Bao Yang, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Shigeno, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Urabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Munakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reflective guest-host liquid-crystal display includes: a pair of upper and lower substrates joined together with a predetermined space therebetween; and a guest-host liquid-crystal layer which is held within the space and contains a dichroic dye. The upper substrate is provided with at least a counter electrode. At least thin-film transistors (TFTs), a reflective layer, a .lambda./4 phase shifter (quarter-wavelength plate), and pixel electrodes are formed on the lower substrate. The .lambda./4 phase shifter is formed above the TFTs and the reflective layer, and has contact holes connecting to the drain electrodes of the TFTs. The pixel electrodes are patterned on the .lambda./4 phase shifter and connected to the corresponding drain electrodes of the TFTs through the corresponding contact holes.