Liquid crystal display element with electrode having concave-convex surface at liquid crystal side
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display element comprising a pair of substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and a pair of electrodes in opposition to each other, at least one of which is transparent, and a liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, in which liquid crystal is dispersed and held in a solidified matrix, which is interposed between said pair of electrodes, characterized in that the distances between the electrodes differ at various portions, wherein at least one of the electrodes has a fine concave-convex surface at the side facing the liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, and the relation 0.03·
- G<
Ra<
0.3·
G is satisfied where G is the mean electrode gap and Ra is the mean distance from a peak convex portion of said concave-convex surface to a plane parallel to said pair of substrates and cutting through the concave-convex surface such that the amount of the surface above the plane is the same as that below the plane, and the pitch P of said concave-convex surface is two or more times as large as the means diameter RLC of liquid crystal droplets of said liquid crystal dispersed in said solidified matrix.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display element comprises a liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, in which liquid crystal is dispersed and held in a solidified matrix, which is interposed between a pair of substrates with electrodes at least one of which is transparent, wherein at least one of the substrates with electrodes has a fine concave-convex electrode surface at the side for the liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite.
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1. A liquid crystal display element comprising a pair of substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and a pair of electrodes in opposition to each other, at least one of which is transparent, and a liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, in which liquid crystal is dispersed and held in a solidified matrix, which is interposed between said pair of electrodes, characterized in that the distances between the electrodes differ at various portions, wherein at least one of the electrodes has a fine concave-convex surface at the side facing the liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, and the relation 0.03·
- G<
Ra<
0.3·
G is satisfied where G is the mean electrode gap and Ra is the mean distance from a peak convex portion of said concave-convex surface to a plane parallel to said pair of substrates and cutting through the concave-convex surface such that the amount of the surface above the plane is the same as that below the plane, and the pitch P of said concave-convex surface is two or more times as large as the means diameter RLC of liquid crystal droplets of said liquid crystal dispersed in said solidified matrix. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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4. A liquid crystal display element comprising a first transparent substrate having a transparent first electrode, and a second substrate having a second electrode in opposition to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite which is interposed between said first and second electrodes, wherein liquid crystal is dispersed and held in a solidified matrix, characterized in that the distances between the electrodes differ at various portions, wherein the first electrode has a concave-convex electrode surface, and the second substrate has a reflecting layer, and the relation 0.03·
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Ra<
0.3·
G is satisfied where G is the mean electrode gap and Ra is the mean distance from a peak portion of said concave-convex surface to a plane parallel to said pair of substrates and cutting through the concave-convex surface such that the amount of the surface above the plane is the same as that below the plane, and the pitch P of said concave-convex surface is two or more times as large as the means diameter RLC of liquid crystal droplets of the liquid crystal dispersed in said solidified matrix. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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23. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a liquid crystal display element which has a pair of substrates, a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is transparent, and a liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite includes liquid crystal dispersed and held in a solidified matrix, and a driving circuit to drive the liquid crystal display element, characterized in that the distances between the electrodes differ at various portions wherein at least one of the electrodes has a concave-convex surface at the side facing the liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, wherein the relation 0.03·
- G<
Ra<
0.3·
G is satisfied where G is the means electrode gap and Ra is the mean distance from a peak convex portion of said concave-convex surface to a plane parallel to said pair of substrates and cutting through the concave-convex surface such that the amount of the surface above the plane is the same as that below the plane, and the pitch P of said concave-convex surface is two or more times as large as the means diameter RLC of liquid crystal droplets of said liquid crystal dispersed in said solidified matrix. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A projection type liquid crystal display apparatus which comprises:
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a liquid crystal display element comprising a liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, in which liquid crystal is dispersed and held in a solidified matrix composite, which is interposed between a pair of substrates with electrodes, at least one of which is transparent, characterized in that at least one of the electrodes has a concave-convex electrode surface at the side facing the liquid crystal and solidified matrix composite, a driving circuit to drive the liquid crystal display element, a projection light source for emitting light to the liquid crystal display element, and a projection optical system for projecting the light from the liquid crystal display element onto a projection screen, wherein the relation 0.03·
G<
Ra<
0.3·
G is satisfied, where G is the mean electrode gap, and Ra is the mean distance from a peak convex portion of said concave-convex surface to a plane parallel to said pair of substrates and cutting through the concave-convex surface such that the amount of the surface above the plane is the same as that below the plane, and the pitch P of said concave-convex surface is two or more times as large as the mean diameter RLC of liquid crystal droplets of the liquid crystal dispersed in said solidified matrix. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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