Patent ID: 7061564
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate opposing each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate in a matrix, drive voltages having opposite polarities with respect to a reference voltage being applied to pixels that are adjacent to each other; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; an electro-optical substance disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate and subjected to a uniform alignment operation; a first alignment layer on the first substrate, the first alignment layer including strip areas, each strip area being disposed adjacent a first edge of its corresponding pixel electrode and being an area where the electro-optical substance is affected by an electric field produced between the adjacent pixel electrodes by the drive voltages having opposite polarities, the first alignment layer having pretilt angles in the strip areas that are greater than pretilt angles in other areas so that the pretilt angles in the strip areas do not allow reverse tilting to occur in aperture areas.