Patent ID: 6871967

Claim:
A solid type EC element having a substrate, a lower electrode layer formed on said substrate, an EC layer formed on said lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer formed on said EC layer, said lower electrode layer being divided by one or more parting lines non-linearly formed along the outline of a desired coloring region so as to surround said desired coloring region into a portion for forming a coloring region including said desired coloring region and a portion for not forming a coloring region not including said desired coloring region in the state said portion for forming a coloring region and said portion for not forming a coloring region are not conducted to each other; layers, which make up said EC layer, and said upper electrode layer being formed so as to entirely cover said coloring area; and said upper electrode layer being not conducted to said portion for forming a coloring region of said lower electrode layer, and said upper electrode layer being conducted to said portion for not forming a coloring region of said lower electrode layer.