LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal device comprising:
- an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes;
an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate;
a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes;
a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and
an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate,wherein colors for the color element include four or more colors and the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to the color element for at least any of predetermined three of the four or more colors.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal device includes: an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate; a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate. Colors for the color element include four or more colors and the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to the color element for at least any of predetermined three of the four or more colors.
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1. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate; a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate, wherein colors for the color element include four or more colors and the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to the color element for at least any of predetermined three of the four or more colors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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7. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate; a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate, wherein colors for the color element include three primary colors such as red, green, and blue and complementary colors regarding the three primary colors such as cyan, magenta, and yellow for color elements, and the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to the color element for any of the three primary colors, and the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to the color element for any of the complementary colors regarding the three primary colors. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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8. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate; a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate, wherein colors for the color element include three primary colors such as red, green, and blue and complementary colors regarding the three primary colors such as cyan, magenta, and yellow and the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to the color element for any of the complementary colors regarding the three primary colors.
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9. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate; a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate, wherein the color element includes a first color element having a first area as an effective area for light transmission; and
a second color element having a second area as the effective area,wherein the alignment-control unit extends along a same direction in each position corresponding to at least one of the first color element and the second color element between colors of the first color element or between colors of the second color element.
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10. A liquid crystal device comprising:
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an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate facing the electrode substrate; a color filter having a color element each facing each of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment-control unit extending on a surface having contact with the liquid crystal in at least one of the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate, wherein the color element includes a first color element having a first area as an effective area for light transmission; and
a second color element having a second area as the effective area,wherein the direction along which the alignment-control unit extend is determined for each color and the alignment-control unit formed in each position corresponding to the first color element having a first color extends along a same direction as that for the alignment-control unit formed in each position corresponding to the second color element having a second color complementary to the first color.
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