Patent ID: 7605798
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An electro-optic device, comprising: a plurality of pixel electrodes each formed for respective unit areas with a distance between one of the pixel electrodes and another of the pixel electrodes adjacent to the one of the pixel electrodes, the unit areas being arranged in a plane and defined by dividing the plane into the same shapes without a gap; and an electro-optic layer that faces each of the pixel electrodes, and in response to application of a first electric potential to each of the pixel electrodes, expresses a first grayscale in an area corresponding to each of the pixel electrodes, in response to application of a second electric potential different form the first electrical potential to each of the pixel electrodes, expresses a second grayscale different from the first grayscale in an area corresponding to each of the pixel electrodes, wherein the distance between one of the pixel electrodes and another of the pixel electrodes adjacent to the one of the pixel electrodes is selected so that a boundary between an area expressing the first grayscale in response to application of the first electric potential to the one of the pixel electrodes and an area expressing the second grayscale in response to application of the second electric potential to the another of the pixel electrodes adjacent to the one of the pixel electrodes is substantially identical to a boundary between the unit area provided with the one of the pixel electrodes and the unit area provided with the another of the pixel electrodes.