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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1345 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1345 ;
Abstract
A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a pair of transparent plates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of plates, and a light-shielding layer provided on one of the plates. The light-shielding layer has a light-transmitting portion and a light-shielding portion. The reflective liquid crystal display device further includes a storage capacitor electrode and an insulating layer covering the light-shielding layer and the storage capacitor electrode. The insulating layer has concave and convex surfaces. The reflective liquid crystal display device further includes a reflective pixel electrode provided on the concave and convex surfaces of the insulating layer.