Liquid crystal device and process for producing same
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
- first and second substrates disposed opposite to each other so as to provide a rectangular cell structure having four sides, the first substrate being provided with a first electrode structure and the second substrate being provided with a second electrode structure, anda liquid crystal disposed between said first and second substrates to provide an effective optical modulation region and a peripheral region along at least two sides of the cell structure outside the effective optical modulation region, whereinsaid first substrate is further provided with an intermediate layer disposed between said first substrate and said first electrode structure in the effective optical region and the peripheral region, andsaid first electrode structure on the intermediate layer comprises a first electrode disposed at least in the effective optical modulation region and a second electrode disposed in the peripheral region, the first and second electrodes being spaced apart from each other,wherein the intermediate layer comprises a color filter film comprising at least one color segment and a coating later disposed on the color filter film and is disposed on one of the first and second substrates.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal device is constituted by disposing a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates each provided with an electrode to provide an effective optical modulation region and a peripheral region. At least one substrate of the pair of substrates comprises an intermediate layer disposed between the substrate and the electrode in the effective optical modulation region and the peripheral region, and the electrode on the intermediate layer comprises a first electrode disposed at least in the effective optical modulation region and a second electrode disposed in the peripheral region. The first and second electrodes are separated from each other. The intermediate layer may preferably include a color filter, a light-interrupting layer and a coating layer.
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33 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
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first and second substrates disposed opposite to each other so as to provide a rectangular cell structure having four sides, the first substrate being provided with a first electrode structure and the second substrate being provided with a second electrode structure, and a liquid crystal disposed between said first and second substrates to provide an effective optical modulation region and a peripheral region along at least two sides of the cell structure outside the effective optical modulation region, wherein said first substrate is further provided with an intermediate layer disposed between said first substrate and said first electrode structure in the effective optical region and the peripheral region, and said first electrode structure on the intermediate layer comprises a first electrode disposed at least in the effective optical modulation region and a second electrode disposed in the peripheral region, the first and second electrodes being spaced apart from each other, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a color filter film comprising at least one color segment and a coating later disposed on the color filter film and is disposed on one of the first and second substrates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A process for producing a liquid crystal device comprising first and second substrates disposed opposite to each other so as to provide a rectangular cell structure having four sides, the first substrate being provided with a first electrode structure and the second substrate being provided with a second electrode structure, and a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second substrates to provide an effective optical modulation region and a peripheral region along at least two sides of the cell structure outside the effective optical modulation region, said process including the steps of:
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forming an intermediate layer on at least the first substrate in the effective optical region and the peripheral region, and forming, on the intermediate layer, the first electrode structure including an electrode having a first electrode pattern in the effective optical modulation region and a second electrode pattern in the peripheral region through a photolithographic process and an etching with an etchant, wherein the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern are spaced apart from each other, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a color filter film comprising at least one color segment and a coating later disposed on the color filter film and is disposed on one of the first and second substrates. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A liquid crystal device, comprising first and second substrates, the first substrate being provided with a first electrode structure and the second substrate being provided with a second electrode structure, and a liquid crystal disposed between said first and second substrates to provide an effective optical modulation region and a peripheral region, wherein
the first substrate has an effective optical modulation region and has a peripheral region including a first region and a second region disposed opposite each other via the effective optical modulation region, and the first electrode structure has a first pattern in the form of stripes extending from the effective optical modulation region to an outside portion via the second region to be connected with an external drive unit and has a second pattern in the first region apart from the first pattern and functionally separate from the first pattern.
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