Liquid crystal display device
A LCD device includes a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate having a plurality of second electrodes, the second electrodes being perpendicular to the first electrodes to define sub-pixels at intersection regions between the first and second electrodes, a reflective film between the first and second substrates, each reflective portion being positioned in a respective sub-pixel to define a reflective region and a transmission region in the respective sub-pixel, a plurality of color filters between the first and second substrates, a black matrix between the color filters, and a plurality of patterned spacers between the first and second substrates, each patterned spacer overlapping the reflective portion of the reflective film in the respective sub-pixel.
1 . A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:
a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes;
a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a plurality of second electrodes, the second electrodes being perpendicular to the first electrodes to define sub-pixels at intersection regions between the first and second electrodes;
a reflective film between the first and second substrates, the reflective film including a plurality of reflective portions, each reflective portion being positioned in a respective sub-pixel to define a reflective region and a transmission region in the respective sub-pixel;
a plurality of color filters between the first and second substrates, each color filter being in a respective sub-pixel and overlapping the reflective region and the transmission region of the respective sub-pixel;
a black matrix between the color filters;
a planarization layer between the first and second substrates;
a plurality of patterned spacers in respective unit pixels between the first and second substrates, each patterned spacer overlapping the reflective portion of the reflective film in the respective unit pixel; and
liquid crystals between the first and second substrates.
2 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising first and second alignment layers on inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively.
3 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the color filters include red, green, and blue color filters.
4 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein three sub-pixels including red, green, and blue color filters define a single unit pixel.
5 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the patterned spacers are in sub-pixels including green color filters and/or in sub-pixels including blue color filters.
6 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the patterned spacers are on the planarization layer, the planarization layer being between the patterned spacers and the color filters.
7 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the patterned spacers have a column shape.
8 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the patterned spacers entirely overlaps the reflective portions of the reflective film in the respective unit pixel.
9 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a diameter of the patterned spacer is narrower than the reflective portion of the reflective film in the respective unit pixel.
10 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a reflective portion in each sub-pixel is on an upper surface of the sub-pixel, the upper surface being adjacent to the second substrate.
11 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the color filters have a bent vertical cross-section.
12 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the LCD device is a transflective type LCD device of a passive matrix scheme.
13 . The LCD device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the black matrix is on the second substrate in a matrix form.