IP Library Granted Patent US 6,975,376
Granted Patent B2
US 6,975,376 · App. 10/819,928 · Granted Dec 13, 2005

Transflective liquid crystal display device, method of fabricating the same, and method of using the same

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Patent No.
US 6,975,376
App. No.
10/819,928
Granted
Dec 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a pixel electrode, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first reflective region and a first transmissive region, a patterned reflective panel adjacent to the liquid crystal panel, the patterned reflective panel having a second reflective region and a second transmissive region, and a back light unit adjacent to the patterned reflective panel, wherein the patterned reflective panel is movable along a direction parallel to the liquid crystal panel.

Claims (22)

1. A transflective liquid crystal display device, comprising:

first and second substrates spaced apart and facing each other;

a thin film transistor on an inner surface of the first substrate;

a first passivation layer on the thin film transistor and having a first transmissive hole;

a transmissive electrode on the first passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor;

a second passivation layer on the transmissive electrode;

a reflector on the second passivation layer and having a second transmissive hole aligned with the first transmissive hole, the second transmissive hole defining a first transmissive region and a first reflective region;

a color filter layer on an inner surface of the second substrate;

a common electrode on the color filter layer;

a liquid crystal material layer between the reflector and the common electrode;

a first polarizer on an outer surface of the first substrate;

a patterned reflective panel over the first polarizer, the patterned reflective panel having a second transmissive region and a second reflective region;

a back light unit over the patterned reflective panel;

a diffusing film on an outer surface of the second substrate; and

a second polarizer on the diffusing film,

wherein the patterned reflective panel is movable along a direction parallel to the first and second substrates.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second transmissive region has an area larger than the second transmissive hole.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflective region has an area larger than the second transmissive hole.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective region overlaps the second reflective region and the first transmissive region overlaps the second transmissive region.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective region overlaps the second transmissive region and the first transmissive region overlaps the second reflective region.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector is electrically connected to the transmissive electrode.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation layer includes one of benzocyclobutene (BCB) and acrylic resin.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021147/0009 →