Patent ID: 7907240

Claim:
A liquid crystal device comprising: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, wherein the liquid crystal device has a plurality of sub-pixel areas, each of the sub-pixel areas having a reflective display area and a transmissive display area, the liquid crystal device being configured to perform display operation after changing an alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer from a splay alignment state into a bend alignment state; and a liquid crystal layer thickness adjusting layer that makes the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective display area thinner than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display area, wherein the liquid crystal layer thickness adjusting layer is equipped with a slope disposed mostly in the transmissive display area, a signal line, a switching element electrically connected to the signal line, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element are provided on one of the substrates among the pair of the substrates, a slit is formed in the pixel electrode at an area overlapping with the slope in plan view, and a part of the signal line is overlapped with at least a part of the shape of the slit.