Liquid crystal display device, methods for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus

A liquid crystal display device whose sub-pixel region has a reflective display region that displays an image in a reflective mode and a transmissive display region that displays an image in a transmissive mode, the liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate opposing the first substrate;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer having a smaller thickness in the reflective display region than in the transmissive display region,
• wherein one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a reflection layer in the reflective display region, and the other substrate includes on the liquid crystal layer side a functional resin layer having a first functional resin sub layer in the reflective display region and a second functional resin sub layer in the transmissive display region, and wherein the second functional resin sub layer is isotropic with no phase difference and the first functional resin sub layer serves as a retardation layer with a phase difference.

A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device whose sub-pixel region has a reflective display region that displays an image in a reflective mode and a transmissive display region that displays an image in a transmissive mode, the liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate one of which includes a reflection layer in the reflective display region, the method comprising:

• forming a functional resin layer on the liquid crystal layer side of the substrate not including the reflection layer across both the transmissive display region and the reflective display region;
• and
• forming a liquid crystal layer thickness-adjusting layer in at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate so that the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective display region is set smaller than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display region,
• wherein the formation of the functional resin layer includes:
• forming an alignment layer with the same orientation in the transmissive display region and the reflective display region;
• applying a polymerizable liquid crystal material for forming the functional resin layer onto the alignment layer in the transmissive display region and the reflective display region;
• polymerizing the polymerizable liquid crystal material in the reflective display region in a liquid crystal phase;
• and polymerizing the polymerizable liquid crystal material in the transmissive display region in an isotropic phase.