| US 7,483,099 B2 | ||
| Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus | ||
| Kimitaka Kamijo, Shiojiri (Japan); Hideki Kaneko, Tottori (Japan); Katsuhiro Imai, Minowa-machi (Japan); and Tomoyuki Nakano, Azumino (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Epson Imaging Devices Corporation, Azumino-Shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/354,194. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-090716 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0215088 A1, Sep. 28, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 349—114 [349/71; 349/106; 349/96; 349/113] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A liquid crystal device comprising:
a pair of substrates that face each other;
a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the pair of substrates;
electrodes that form a plurality of subpixel regions, each subpixel region including a reflective display region having a
light-reflective film reflecting light and a transmissive display region transmitting light; and
an insulating layer disposed between one of the pair of substrates and the liquid crystal layer, the insulating layer rendering
the liquid crystal layer to a smaller thickness in the reflective display region than in the transmissive display region,
the insulating layer having a first film thickness in the reflective display region, the insulating layer being disposed in
an inter-transmissive display region between the transmissive display region of a predetermined subpixel region and the transmissive
display region of a subpixel region adjacent to the predetermined subpixel region, the insulating layer at the inter-transmissive
display region including a portion that is thinner than the first film thickness.
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