Portable multifunction display panel and a liquid crystal display device adopting the same

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device (20) includes a display panel (22) and a backlight module (21) positioned below the display panel. The display panel includes a lower substrate (221), an upper substrate (227) and a liquid crystal layer (224) sandwiched therebetween. One region of a surface of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer is coated with a transmissive layer (2201), and the other region thereof is coated with a reflective layer (2202). In sunlight or in an ambient environment, the sunlight light or the ambient light is reflected by the reflective layer. In a dark or in a dim environment, uniform light beams originating from the backlight module are transmitted through the transmissive layer. The transmissive layer and the reflective layer are in a same plane, helping to ensure that the display panel has a small thickness and a small bulk. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device is readily portable.

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