| abstract |
Disclosed is a transreflective in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The LCD device includes first and second substrates including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a transmitting unit and a reflecting unit, wherein the first substrate includes a first electrode and the second substrate includes a second electrode in each of the transmitting unit and the reflecting unit for applying voltages; first and second passive alignment layers over the first and second electrodes, respectively; first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal alignment layers on the first and second passive alignment layers, respectively; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. |