Patent ID: 7283191
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal device, comprising: an element substrate having active elements and pixel electrodes electrically connected to each other; a counter substrate arranged so as to face the element substrate and having counter electrodes facing the pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the element substrate and the counter substrate; and alignment films disposed on internal surfaces of the element substrate and the counter substrate, the alignment films being made of an inorganic material in column-shaped structures that are arranged to be inclined in a predetermined direction with respect to a surface of the substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy, and a pre-tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules on the alignment film of the element substrate that is different from a pre-tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules on the alignment film of the counter substrate, the pre-tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules of the element substrate being no less than 10° and no more than 45° and the pre-tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules on the alignment film of the counter substrate being no less than 0° and less than 10°.