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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2007
Masakatsu Higa, Chino, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Suwa, JP;
Masakatsu Higa, Chino, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Suwa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device whose sub-pixel region has a reflective display region that displays an image in a reflective mode and a transmissive display region that displays an image in a transmissive mode includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer has a smaller thickness in the reflective display region than in the transmissive display region. One of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a reflection layer in the reflective display region, and the other substrate includes on the liquid crystal layer side a functional resin layer having a first functional resin sub layer in the reflective display region and a second functional resin sub layer in the transmissive display region. The first functional resin sub layer and the second functional resin sub layer serve as retardation layers with different optical axes from each other.