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Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus

US8064017B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2007
Grant dateNov 22, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1362
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of electrodes is provided on one of a plurality of substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween and liquid crystal molecules configuring the liquid crystal layer are driven by an electric field generated between the pair of electrodes, wherein the one substrate has an alignment film which contacts the liquid crystal layer to regulate an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules and is provided so as to cover at least one of the pair of electrodes, and wherein the thickness of the alignment film is larger than that of at least one of the electrodes contacting the alignment film.

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