Transflective LCD device
View Patent ↗This invention relates to a transflective LCD device using different common voltages in the transmissive and reflective regions to present the same gray scale performance on the transmissive and reflective regions. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a plurality of transmissive regions and a plurality of reflective regions; a transmissive electrode formed on said transmission electrode region; a reflective electrode formed on said reflective regions and connected electrically with said transmissive electrode; a second substrate including a plurality of first common electrodes and a plurality of second common electrodes, wherein said first common electrodes are formed over said transmissive regions, said second common electrodes are formed over said reflective regions, and said first common electrodes are not connected electrically with said second common electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first substrate and said second substrate.
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a first substrate including a plurality of transmissive regions and a plurality of reflective regions;
a transmissive electrode formed on at least one of the said transmission regions;
a reflective electrode formed on at least one of the said reflective regions and connected electrically with said transmissive electrode;
a second substrate including a plurality of first common electrode regions and a plurality of second common electrode regions, wherein said first common electrode regions are formed over said transmissive regions, and said second common electrode regions are formed over said reflective regions;
a first common electrode formed over said first and second common electrode regions;
a second common electrode formed over said second common electrode regions and isolated from said first common electrode by a dielectric layer; and
a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first substrate and said second substrate.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second substrates are transparent.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said transmissive electrode is a transparent conductive layer.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein said transparent conductive layer is selected from the group consisting of ITO and IZO.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said reflective electrode is a metal layer.
6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein said metal layer is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ag, and AlNd.
7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second common electrodes are transparent conductive layers.
8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein said transparent conductive layer is selected from the group consisting of ITO and IZO.