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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
May. 14, 1986
Akira Tsuboyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Shindo, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuharu Katagiri, Tama, JP;
Junichiro Kanbe, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal device comprising a first base plate which has projections thereon and has been subjected to a uniaxial orientation treatment, a second base plate disposed oppositely spaced from the first base plate with the projections therebetween as spacers, and a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second base plates. The projections have a section taken in parallel with the base plates, and the section has a side with a length of 0-20 .mu.m in a direction perpendicular to the uniaxial orientation treatment. The projections may be in the form of rectangular pillars, cylindrical pillars, oval pillars, or hexagonal pillars.