Patent ID: 7561239

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: a substrate having unit pixels, each of which includes a plurality of subpixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, the substrate including: switching elements, a first insulating film disposed at least on the switching elements, a first transparent electrode disposed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film disposed on the first transparent electrode, and a second transparent electrode disposed on the second insulating film, having a plurality of slits corresponding to each one of the subpixels, and generating an electric field through the slits between the first and second transparent electrodes, the direction in which a long side of each of the slits extends being defined to be different from the direction in which the columns extend, the first transparent electrode being a common electrode connected to a common potential, and the second transparent electrode being a unit subpixel electrode that is disposed for each one of the subpixels and that is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the switching elements via contact holes in the first and second insulating films.