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US 10,948,762 B2Granted
Liquid crystal apparatus and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSatoshi Ito
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Abstract
A liquid crystal apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a counter substrate and an element substrate in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, and light is incident on the liquid crystal layer from the counter substrate. The counter substrate includes a first microlens disposed for each pixel. The element substrate includes a switching element disposed for each pixel and a second microlens disposed for each pixel. The second microlens includes a flat portion at the center of the lens.
Claims13
A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate via a liquid crystal layer;
- and
- a pixel disposed in a display region, wherein:
- the first substrate includes a first microlens provided in the pixel,
- the second substrate includes a base material, an insulating layer disposed between the base material and the liquid crystal layer, a switching element disposed on the insulating layer, a first concave portion disposed between the base material and the insulating layer, and a second microlens provided in the pixel,
- the second microlens includes a second concave portion that extends from a bottom portion of the first concave portion, and a lens layer disposed in the first concave portion and the second concave portion, and
- the second concave portion includes a flat portion at a center.
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A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- and
- a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, the second substrate including:
- a switching element corresponding to a pixel,
- a first concave portion,
- a second concave portion provided in a bottom portion of the first concave portion such that the second concave portion is disposed to correspond to the pixel, the second concave portion including a flat portion at a center, and
- a microlens including a lens layer that covers the first concave portion and the second concave portion.
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A display apparatus, comprising:
- a first substrate;
- and
- a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, the second substrate including a switching element disposed to corresponding to a display region and a microlens array;
- wherein
- the microlens array includes a concave portion and a lens layer disposed in the concave portion,
- an outer edge of the lens layer is disposed in a first region of the second substrate without a second region of the second substrate, the first region includes the display region in plan view, and the second region is outside of the first region, and
- the concave portion includes a flat portion at a center.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.