Patent ID: 8456604

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a stirring device that stirs the liquid crystal disposed on the first substrate or on the second substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a light modulation area including the plurality of pixel electrodes; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; a liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a concave portion formed in an inner surface of the second substrate, the concave portion overlapping a peripheral area of a pixel electrode of the plurality of pixel electrodes, the peripheral area being inside the light modulation area, the concave portion being non-overlapping with formation areas of the pixel electrodes, wherein the concave portion overlaps a light blocking film disposed on the inner surface of the second substrate such that a width W 1 of the light blocking film is greater than a width W 2 of the concave portion, and a side surface of the concave portion intersects a normal line of the second substrate.