Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus

Abstract

A liquid crystal device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer being disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and having both of a splay alignment state and a bend alignment state; a plurality of gate lines formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a plurality of source lines formed on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to intersect the gate lines in a plan view; switching elements formed on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to correspond to the intersections of the gate lines and the source lines; and pixel electrodes formed on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and electrically connected to the switching elements. Here, each pixel electrode has an overlap area overlapping with a part of the gate lines or the source lines in a plan view and has a stepped portion between the overlap area and an area other than the overlap area.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.