Liquid crystal element and manufacturing method thereof

A liquid crystal element comprising:

• a liquid crystal having a liquid crystal molecule;
• and
• two substrates holding the liquid crystal;
• wherein:
• an information for aligning a liquid crystal molecule in two or more directions phasedly or gradually by applying a voltage is provided for said two substrates.

A liquid crystal element comprising:

• a liquid crystal having a liquid crystal molecule;
• and
• two substrates holding the liquid crystal;
• wherein:
• an information for aligning a liquid crystal molecule in two or more directions phasedly or gradually by applying a voltage is provided for only one of said two substrates.

A liquid crystal element comprising:

• a multitude of pixel electrodes which are divided minutely;
• and
• a liquid crystal to which an electric field is applied by said pixel electrodes;
• wherein:
• an electric field direction of the liquid crystal between at least one pair of adjacent pixels is inclined against an electrode plane.

A liquid crystal element comprising:

• a multitude of pixel electrodes which are divided minutely;
• an opposite electrode which is disposed in parallel with said pixel electrodes;
• and
• a liquid crystal which is held between said pixel electrode and opposite electrode;
• wherein:
• a nonconductive portion is provided in a part of the opposite electrode which is opposite to a gap between at least one pair of adjacent pixel electrodes.

A liquid crystal element, wherein a four-sided minute pixel electrode is arrayed in a lattice in X, Y directions crossing each other at a right angle on a display plane, comprising:

• in view of Z direction at a right angle with X, Y directions when a pixel of i-th position in X direction and j-th position in Y direction from an edge point or a standard point is defined as p (i, j),
• a first nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in Y direction and a larger width in X direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+1), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n) [m, n:
• an integer] and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+1);
• a second nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in X direction and a larger width in Y direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+3), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m, 4n+3) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+3);
• a third nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in X direction and a larger width in Y direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n) and a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+1), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n) and a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+1) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+3, 4n) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+1);
• and
• a fourth nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in Y direction and a larger width in X direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+3) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+3), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+2) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+3) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+3).

A liquid crystal element, wherein a four-sided minute pixel electrode is arrayed in a lattice in X, Y directions crossing each other at a right angle on a display plane, comprising:

• in view of Z direction at a right angle with X, Y directions when a pixel of i-th position in X direction and j-th position in Y direction from an edge point or a standard point is defined as p (i, j),
• a first nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in Y direction and a larger width in X direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+1), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n) [m, n:
• an integer] and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+1);
• a second nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in X direction and a larger width in Y direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+3), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m, 4n+3) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+3);
• a third nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in X direction and a larger width in Y direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+3) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+4), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+3) and a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+4) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+3) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+4);
• and
• a fourth nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in Y direction and a larger width in X direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+2), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+1) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+2).

A liquid crystal element, wherein a four-sided minute pixel electrode is arrayed in a lattice in X, Y directions crossing each other at a right angle on a display plane, comprising:

• in view of Z direction at a right angle with X, Y directions when a pixel of i-th position in X direction and j-th position in Y direction from an edge point or a standard point is defined as p (i, j),
• a first nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in Y direction and a larger width in X direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+1), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n) [m, n:
• an integer] and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+1);
• a second nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in X direction and a larger width in Y direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+3), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m, 4n+3) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+2) and a pixel p (4m+1, 4n+3);
• a third nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in X direction and a larger width in Y direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+2), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+2, 4n+2) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+1) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n+2);
• and
• a fourth nonconductive portion, with a rectangular shape having a longer side in Y direction and a larger width in X direction than a distance between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n), which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n−1) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n−1) as well as at least a part of a gap between a pixel p (4m+2, 4n) and a pixel p (4m+3, 4n).

A liquid crystal element, wherein a four-sided minute pixel electrode is arrayed in a delta system for a color display on a display plane, comprising:

• when a pixel row of i-th position from a bottom side upward is defined as q (i) and
• a group of three adjacent pixels of red, green and blue, which is composed of one of red, green and blue pixels in an odd pixel row q (2m+1) [m:
• an integer] and one of red, green and blue pixels in an even pixel row q (2m+2), is defined as a group of pixels for a color display and a group of pixels for a color display of j-th position from a left side on q (2m+1) and q (2m+2) is defined as Gq(j),
• a first T-shaped nonconductive portion which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between two adjacent pixels on q (2m+1) in a group of pixels for a color display composed of two pixels on q (2m+1) and a pixel on q (2m+2) as well as at least a part of a pixel on q (2m+2) facing said two pixels on q (2m+1);
• a first reverse T-shaped nonconductive portion adjacent to said first T-shaped nonconductive portion, which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between two adjacent pixels on q (2m+2) in a group of pixels for a color display composed of a pixel on q (2m+1) and two pixels on q (2m+2) as well as at least a part of a pixel on q (2m+1) facing said two pixels on q (2m+2);
• a second T-shaped nonconductive portion shifted leftward by a pixel from said first T-shaped nonconductive portion, which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between two adjacent pixels on q (2m+3) in a group of pixels for a color display composed of two pixels on q (2m+3) and a pixel on q (2m+4) as well as at least a part of a pixel on q (2m+4) facing said two pixels on q (2m+3);
• a second reverse T-shaped nonconductive portion adjacent to said second T-shaped nonconductive portion, which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between two adjacent pixels on q (2m+4) in a group of pixels for a color display composed of a pixel on q (2m+3) and two pixels on q (2m+4) as well as at least a part of a pixel on q (2m+3) facing said two pixels on q (2m+4);
• a third T-shaped nonconductive portion shifted leftward by a pixel from said second T-shaped nonconductive portion, which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between two adjacent pixels on q (2m+5) in a group of pixels for a color display composed of two pixels on q (2m+5) and a pixel on q (2m+6) as well as at least a part of a pixel on q (2m+6) facing said two pixels on q (2m+5);
• and
• a third reverse T-shaped nonconductive portion adjacent to said third T-shaped nonconductive portion, which includes an opposite electrode corresponding to each of at least a part of a gap between two adjacent pixels on q (2m+6) in a group of pixels for a color display composed of a pixel on q (2m+5) and two pixels on q (2m+6) as well as at least a part of a pixel on q (2m+5) facing said two pixels on q (2m+6).