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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal device comprises a plurality of pixel electrodes ( ), and nonlinear elements ( ) including element-side electrodes ( ) electrically connected to the pixel electrodes ( ). An element-side electrode ( ) is shaped in a pattern ( ) formed along the edge of a pixel electrode ( ). The presence of the element-side electrode pattern ( ) makes it possible to prevent etchant from entering between said pixel electrode ( ) and the element-side electrode ( ) and causing a wire break therebetween in patterning the pixel electrode ( ). When the element-side electrode pattern ( ) is made of a substance having a higher light-shielding ability than that of the pixel electrode ( ), it may be used as a mark for adjusting position in bonding an element substrate and an opposite substrate.