| 摘要 |
In a transflective type liquid crystal display device of a vertical alignment mode in which liquid crystal domains exhibiting axisymmetric orientations are created, a difference in response speed between a region which presents display in the transmission mode and a region which presents display in the reflection mode is reduced. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate and a vertical-alignment type liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and has a plurality of pixel regions. The first substrate has a wall-like structure in regular arrangement on the liquid crystal layer side, and the liquid crystal layer forms at least one liquid crystal domain in a region substantially surrounded by the wall-like structure when a predetermined voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer, the at least one liquid crystal domain exhibiting an axisymmetric orientation. In a region corresponding to the substantial center of the at least one liquid crystal domain, the second substrate includes at least one orientation restriction structure exhibiting an orientation restriction force for placing liquid crystal molecules in an axisymmetric orientation at least under an applied voltage. Each pixel region has first and second transmission regions which present display in a transmission mode and a reflection region which presents display in a reflection mode. The first transmission region is disposed so as to contain the at least one orientation restriction structure, and the second transmission region is disposed along the inner edge of the wall-like structure. The reflection region is disposed between the first transmission region and the second transmission region.
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