Patent ID: 7483099

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: a pair of substrates that face each other; a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the pair of substrates; electrodes that form a plurality of subpixel regions, each subpixel region including a reflective display region having a light-reflective film reflecting light and a transmissive display region transmitting light; and an insulating layer disposed between one of the pair of substrates and the liquid crystal layer, the insulating layer rendering the liquid crystal layer to a smaller thickness in the reflective display region than in the transmissive display region, the insulating layer having a first film thickness in the reflective display region, the insulating layer being disposed in an inter-transmissive display region between the transmissive display region of a predetermined subpixel region and the transmissive display region of a subpixel region adjacent to the predetermined subpixel region, the insulating layer at the inter-transmissive display region including a portion that is thinner than the first film thickness.