IP Library Granted Patent US 7,705,938
Granted Patent B2
US 7,705,938 · App. 11/705,095 · Granted Apr 27, 2010

Transflective type liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,705,938
App. No.
11/705,095
Granted
Apr 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transflective type liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a pixel region, the pixel region including a transmission region and a reflection region, the first substrate having a light guiding layer formed thereon, a reflector being formed on the light guiding layer with the reflection region, the light guiding layer including a first medium and a second medium, a refractive index of the first medium and a refractive index of the second medium being different from each other, a second substrate, which faces the first substrate, and on which a color filter layer is formed, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates, and a backlight assembly positioned outside of the first substrate to provide light onto the first medium in a mode.

Claims (12)

1. A transflective type liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate having a pixel region, the pixel region including a transmission region and a reflection region, the first substrate having a light guiding layer formed thereon, a reflector being formed on the light guiding layer within the reflection region, the light guiding layer including a first medium and a second medium, a refractive index of the first medium and a refractive index of the second medium being different from each other;

a second substrate, which faces the first substrate, and on which a color filter layer is formed;

a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates; and

a backlight assembly positioned outside of the first substrate to provide light onto the first medium in a transmission mode.

2. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein first and second polarizing plates whose optical transmission axes are perpendicular to each other are arranged on an outer surface of each of the first and the second substrates.

3. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a collimator is arranged between the first substrate and the backlight assembly, the collimator modulating light emitted from the backlight assembly into parallel light.

4. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a boundary between the first medium and the second medium is formed in a ‘V’ shape.

5. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the first medium is greater than the refractive index of the second medium.

6. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of an incident side of the first medium is greater than a width of an outgoing side of the first medium.

7. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of an outgoing side of the first medium is the same as a width of the transmission region.

8. The transflective type liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the light guiding layer is greater than a width of an incident side of the first medium.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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