Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus
US7760294B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/133512
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention provides a liquid crystal device including: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer having a negative dielectric anisotropy; a pixel electrode; a counter electrode, the counter electrode being opposed to the pixel electrode; a vertical alignment film that aligns liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in a direction in which the long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are oriented perpendicular to the pair of substrates. The pixel electrode is made up of island-pattern sub pixel elements each two adjacent ones of which are connected to each other via a connection portion having a width narrower than that of the sub pixel element. In addition, the light shielding film is formed, on one of the pair of substrates, in each region not corresponding to the connection portion between each two of the sub pixel elements that are adjacent to each other.
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