Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus

1. An electro-optical device, comprising:

pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel including a plurality of color-display sub-pixels corresponding to a plurality of colors and a monochrome-display sub-pixel, each color-display sub-pixel including a color filter,

a planarization film disposed in the color-display sub-pixels and in the monochrome display sub-pixel and including a smaller thickness in the color display sub-pixels than in the monochrome display sub-pixel;

a liquid crystal layer having a larger thickness in the color-display sub-pixels than in the monochrome display sub-pixel,

an insulation film disposed below the liquid crystal layer in the color display sub-pixels and in the monochrome display sub-pixel, the insulation film having a substantially uniform surface opposing the liquid crystal layer in the color-display sub-pixels and having an uneven surface opposing the liquid crystal layer in the monochrome display sub-pixel;

a reflective layer disposed in the monochrome display sub-pixel and positioned on the uneven surface of the insulation film, between the liquid crystal layer and the insulation film, and without a filter provided in an area opposite to the reflective layer, the reflective layer including an uneven surface defining a series of peaks and valleys operable to scatter light in a plurality of directions;

a transmissive upper electrode disposed on the reflective layer between the liquid crystal layer and the reflective layer, the transmissive upper electrode including an uneven surface defining a series of peaks and valleys substantially aligned with the peaks and valleys of the reflective layer; and

an alignment film disposed on the transmissive upper electrode between the liquid crystal layer and the transmissive upper electrode, the alignment film including an uneven surface defining a series of peaks and valleys substantially aligned with the peaks and valleys of the transmissive layer and the peaks and valleys of the reflective layer;

wherein the color-display sub-pixels and the monochrome-display sub-pixel perform gray-scale display independently,

the color-display sub-pixels display an image only in a transmissive mode, and

the monochrome display sub-pixel displays an image only in a reflective mode.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in each pixel, different image signals are supplied to the color-display sub-pixels and the monochrome-display sub-pixel, respectively.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sub-pixels are electrically connected to signal lines through pixel switching elements, respectively, and

the respective sub-pixels have the same sub-pixel area per switching element.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the color-display sub-pixels and the monochrome-display sub-pixel are electrically connected to signal lines through pixel switching elements, respectively, and

one of the color-display sub-pixels and the monochrome-display sub-pixel are equal in the number of switching elements per unit sub-pixel area.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the pixel, among four sub-pixels arranged in a lattice shape, three sub-pixels are the color-display sub-pixels and the remaining one sub-pixel is the monochrome-display sub-pixel.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the pixel, a row on which the three color-display sub-pixels are arranged and a row on which the monochrome-display sub-pixels are arranged are provided parallel to each other.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .