Patent ID: 7271944
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An electro-optical device comprising: a first optical panel having a pair of substrates with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween; a second optical panel that has a pair of substrates with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween, the second optical panel being disposed so as to overlap the first optical panel in plan view and being smaller than the first optical panel in plan view; an illumination unit having a light source from which light is emitted and a light guiding member that is disposed between the first and second optical panels so as to make the light emitted from the light source incident on the first and second optical panels; a peripheral light shading film formed in a peripheral portion of the second optical panel and located between the pair of substrates of the second optical panel; and an optical absorber provided in a region other than a display area of the second optical panel between the first and second optical panels, the optical absorber being formed with an opening portion, light emitted from the light guiding member being incident on the display area of the second optical panel through the opening portion in the optical absorber, an edge of the opening portion being located at a position that overlaps the peripheral light shielding film of the second optical panel.