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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Ichiro Murai, Chino, JP;
Tomoyuki Itoh, Okaya, JP;
Ichiro Murai, Chino, JP;
Tomoyuki Itoh, Okaya, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a transflective liquid crystal device and an electronic apparatus using the same which do not cause a non-uniformity in the substrate gap, even though a layer-thickness adjusting layer is formed so that the layer thickness balance of a liquid crystal layer between a transmission display region and a reflection display region is optimized thereby. Below a counter electrode of a counter substrate of a transflective liquid crystal device, a color filter for transmission display, being thin and having a wide chromaticity region, is formed in a transmission display region, and a color filter for reflection display, being thick and having a narrow chromaticity region, is formed in a reflection display region. Further, the interval between a TFT array substrate and the counter substrate is adjusted by a columnar protrusion formed on the TFT array substrate, and a gap material is not dispersed between the TFT array substrate and the counter substrate.