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Transflective liquid crystal device with particular stack of reflective, transmissive, and thickness adjusting layers and electronic device using the same

US6956632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2002
Grant dateOct 18, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133555
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal device 1 includes a transparent first substrate 10 with a first transparent electrode 11 formed on the surface thereof, a transparent second substrate 20 with a second transparent electrode 21 is formed thereon, and a liquid crystal layer 50. A light reflecting layer 4 defining the reflective display region 31 and the transmissive display region 32 is formed on each pixel region 3. A layer-thickness adjusting layer 6 where a region corresponding to the transmissive display region 32 constitutes an opening 61, is formed on the upper layer side of the light reflecting layer 4. In the layer-thickness adjusting layer 6, the boundary portion of the reflective display region 31 and the transmissive display region 32 constitutes an inclined surface 60, and a light shielding film 9 is two-dimensionally superimposed on this boundary region.

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