Reflector, method of fabricating the same, reflective display device comprising reflector, and method of fabricating the same

A reflector comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element;
• a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate, the photosensitive resin layer having projecting and depressed structures in specified regions, the shape of each of the projecting and depressed structures having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the nonlinear element via a contact hole formed in the photosensitive resin layer, wherein
• a light reflecting film is provided on a bottom portion of the contact hole.

A reflector comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element;
• a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate, the photosensitive resin layer having projecting and depressed structures in specified regions, the shape of the projecting and depressed structures having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the nonlinear element via a contact hole formed in the photosensitive resin layer, wherein
• a thin film having a surface energy higher than that of the photosensitive resin layer is provided on a bottom portion of the contact hole.

A reflector comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element;
• a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate, the photosensitive resin layer having projecting and depressed structures, each structure having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate, in specified regions;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the nonlinear element via a contact hole formed in the photosensitive resin layer, wherein
• the contact hole is provided such that a degree of crosslinking is higher in a surrounding portion of an inner wall surface of the contact hole than in the other portion thereof.

A reflector comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element and with a plurality of projecting and depressed portions having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided over the projecting and depressed portions, wherein
• the projecting and depressed portions are composed of a single layer or a plurality of layers selected arbitrarily from layers composing the nonlinear element.

A reflective display device comprising:

• a counter substrate with transparency;
• a reflector disposed in opposing relation to the counter substrate, the reflector including a substrate provided with a plurality of projecting and depressed structures each having a plurality of projecting and depressed portions having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate and serving as a basic unit and a light reflecting thin film provided over the projecting and depressed structures;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer held between the counter substrate and the reflector.

A reflective display device comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element;
• a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate, the photosensitive resin layer having projecting and depressed structures, each structure having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate, in specified regions;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the nonlinear element via a contact hole formed in the photosensitive resin layer, wherein
• a light reflecting film is provided on a bottom portion of the contact hole.

A reflective display device comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element;
• a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate, the photosensitive resin layer having projecting and depressed structures, each structure having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate, in specified regions;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the nonlinear element via a contact hole formed in the photosensitive resin layer, wherein
• a thin film having a surface energy higher than that of the photosensitive resin layer is provided on a bottom portion of the contact hole.

A reflective display device comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element;
• a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate, the photosensitive resin layer having projecting and depressed structures, each structure having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate, in specified regions;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided on the photosensitive resin layer, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the nonlinear element via a contact hole formed in the photosensitive resin layer, wherein
• the contact hole is provided such that a degree of crosslinking is higher in a surrounding portion of an inner wall surface of the contact hole than in the other portion thereof.

A reflective display device comprising:

• a substrate provided with a nonlinear element and with a plurality of projecting and depressed portions having rotational asymmetry with respect to the normal to the substrate;
• and
• a pixel electrode with a light reflecting property provided over the projecting and depressed portions, wherein
• the projecting and depressed portions are composed of a single layer or a plurality of layers selected arbitrarily from layers composing the nonlinear element.