Patent ID: 6154265
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: C09K,G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal device, comprising: a pair of electrode plates and a liquid crystal composition disposed between the electrode plates,wherein one of the electrode plates comprises a light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of electrodes including principal electrodes and auxiliary electrodes supported on the light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on the light-transmissive substrate and an insulating layer disposed on the color filters; each auxiliary electrode being disposed between an associated principal electrode and the light-transmissive substrate so as to be electrically connected with at least a part of the associated principal electrode, and the auxiliary electrodes being disposed with spacings therebetween which are filled with the color filters and the insulating layer,each said auxiliary electrode and the insulating layer together form a substantially flat surface so that the associated principal electrode is disposed as a substantially flat film on the auxiliary electrode and the insulating layer, said auxiliary electrode exhibiting a volume resistivity lower than that of the associated principal electrode, andthe liquid crystal composition comprises at least one species of a fluorine-containing mesomorphic compound comprising a fluorocarbon terminal portion and a hydrocarbon terminal portion, the terminal portions being connected with a central core, and having smectic mesophase or latent smectic mesophase.