IP Library Patent Application 12261898
Patent Application
App. No. 12/261,898

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

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Patent No.
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App. No.
12/261,898
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having a pixel electrode in a shape of comb teeth, the pixel electrode including a plurality of comb tooth electrodes arranged in one direction, and having a reflective display section and a transmissive display section in each pixel, wherein the pixel electrode is formed such that width of the reflective display section is larger than width of the transmissive display section in a direction perpendicular to a direction of arrangement of the reflective display section and the transmissive display section, and the plurality of comb tooth electrodes are coupled to each other at only an end part.

Claims (18)

1 . A liquid crystal display device having a pixel electrode in a shape of comb teeth, said pixel electrode including a plurality of comb tooth electrodes arranged in one direction, and having a reflective display section and a transmissive display section in each pixel,

wherein said pixel electrode is formed such that width of said reflective display section is larger than width of said transmissive display section in a direction perpendicular to a direction of arrangement of said reflective display section and said transmissive display section, and

said plurality of comb tooth electrodes are coupled to each other at only an end part.

2 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said comb tooth electrodes is extended in the direction of arrangement of said reflective display section and said transmissive display section, and a number of said comb tooth electrodes in said reflective display section is larger than a number of said comb tooth electrodes in said transmissive display section.

3 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said comb tooth electrodes is extended in the direction of arrangement of said reflective display section and said transmissive display section, and is formed by a straight line.

4 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said pixel electrode is disposed in a same direction in each said pixel, and

between pixels arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in the direction perpendicular to the direction of arrangement of said reflective display section and said transmissive display section among said pixels, an interval between said pixel electrodes in said reflective display sections is shorter than an interval between said pixel electrodes in said transmissive display sections.

5 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a reflecting layer is disposed so as to be laid over said pixel electrode in said reflective display section, and

said reflecting layer is disposed as a common layer between a plurality of pixels including said reflective display sections disposed so as to be adjacent to each other.

6 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said comb tooth electrodes are bent in two directions at substantially a center in an extending direction.

7 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a retardation layer is pattern-formed in said reflective display section, and layer thickness of a liquid crystal layer in said reflective display section and said transmissive display section is adjusted by said retardation layer.

8 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a state of alignment of a liquid crystal molecule differs between said reflective display section and said transmissive display section.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030202/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2008
From: NOGUCHI, KOJI; OHYAMA, TSUYOSHI; ISHIZAKI, KOJI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021775/0132 →