Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakeo Koito, Shuji Hayashi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display device allowing reliability deterioration due to external pressure to be suppressed without yield rate degradation. The liquid crystal panel includes: a pair of substrates facing each other with a space in between; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the space between the pair of substrates; and a plurality of pairs of pillar structures, each pair of pillar structures being arranged on opposing faces of the pair of substrates, respectively, to face each other along a normal to the opposing faces.
Claims18
A liquid crystal panel comprising:
- a pair of substrates facing each other with a space in between;
- a liquid crystal layer disposed in the space between the pair of substrates;
- and
- a plurality of pairs of pillar structures, each pair of pillar structures being arranged on opposing faces of the pair of substrates, respectively, to face each other along a normal to the opposing faces.
The liquid crystal panel according to clam 16, wherein the second pillar structure provided on one of the pair of substrates is formed of a material same as that of the pillar structure on the same substrate of the pair of substrates.
A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel and a surface-emitting light source emitting light to the liquid crystal panel, wherein
- the liquid crystal panel includes:
- a pair of substrates facing each other with a space in between;
- a liquid crystal layer disposed in the space between the pair of substrates;
- and
- a plurality of pairs of pillar structures, each pair of pillar structures being arranged on opposing faces of the pair of substrates, respectively, to face each other along a normal to the opposing faces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.