Patent ID: 7760306

Claim:
A liquid crystal device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and composed of a liquid crystal exhibiting, in an initial alignment state thereof, a vertical alignment and having negative dielectric anisotropy; a light shielding film, formed on a side of the liquid crystal layer on the first substrate, corresponding to a non-display region and defining a display region; a pixel electrode disposed, on the first substrate, from the display region with a periphery projecting on the light shielding film; a vertical alignment film disposed, on the pixel electrode, only in the display region or from the display region with a periphery projecting in the non-display region; and a horizontal alignment film disposed, in an area without the vertical alignment film above the light shielding film, with a periphery projecting on the pixel electrode.