Patent ID: 7196760

Claim:
A liquid crystal device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; an insulation film that functions as a color filter; and a first electrode and a second electrode formed between said second substrate and said liquid crystal layer with the insulation film interposed therebetween, said first electrode and said second electrode being capable of applying an electric field to said liquid crystal layer, the first electrode being formed in a linear shape having a specified line width, and at least one of said first electrode and said second electrode operating as a reflecting electrode that causes incident light coming from a direction of said first substrate to reflect, the line width and an interelectrode space of said first electrode being W 1 and L 1 , respectively, L 1 /W 1 is 4<L 1 /W 1 ≦40, the thickness of the insulation film being D 2 in the range of 0.15 μm to 0.80 μm, L 1 /D 2 is 5<L 1 /D 2 ≦30.