US 2026/0219529 A1Published application

Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorHidekazu HIRABAYASHI

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Abstract

A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, and a second substrate including a lens layer, wherein the first substrate includes a plurality of pixel apertures, each of the plurality of pixel apertures has a rectangular shape having a first longitudinal direction and a first transverse direction in plan view, the lens layer includes a plurality of first lenses and a plurality of second lenses, a convex surface of each of the plurality of second lenses includes a second planar portion disposed at a center and a second curved portion disposed so as to surround the second planar portion in plan view, the second planar portion has a rectangular shape having a second longitudinal direction and a second transverse direction in plan view, the second longitudinal direction is the same direction as the first longitudinal direction, and the second transverse direction is the same direction as the first transverse direction.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A liquid crystal device comprising:

a first substrate having a light transmissive property and including a plurality of pixel electrodes;
a second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate and including a lens layer;
and
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first substrate includes a plurality of pixel apertures which is disposed so as to correspond respectively to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and on which light from the lens layer is incident,
each of the plurality of pixel apertures has a rectangular shape having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction in plan view,
the second substrate has a first surface on which the light is incident and a second surface from which the light is emitted,
the lens layer includes a plurality of first lenses and a plurality of second lenses disposed so as to correspond respectively to the plurality of pixel electrodes,
the plurality of first lenses is disposed at the first surface side of the second substrate,
the plurality of second lenses is disposed at the second surface side with respect to the plurality of first lenses,
the plurality of first lenses and the plurality of second lenses are arranged such that convex surfaces of the plurality of first lenses and convex surfaces of the plurality of second lenses face to respective sides opposite to each other,
at least a part of the convex surface of each of the plurality of first lenses is formed of a curved surface,
the convex surface of each of the plurality of second lenses includes a second planar portion disposed at a center and a second curved portion disposed so as to surround the second planar portion in plan view,
the second planar portion has a rectangular shape having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction in plan view,
the longitudinal direction of the second planar portion is the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the pixel aperture, and
the transverse direction of the second planar portion is the same direction as the transverse direction of the pixel aperture.

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A liquid crystal device comprising:

a first substrate having a light transmissive property and including a plurality of pixel electrodes;
a second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate and including a lens layer;
and
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
the first substrate includes a plurality of pixel apertures which is disposed so as to correspond respectively to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and on which light from the lens layer is incident,
each of the plurality of pixel apertures has a plurality of recessed portions recessed toward a center in plan view,
the second substrate has a first surface on which the light is incident and a second surface from which the light is emitted,
the lens layer includes a plurality of first lenses and a plurality of second lenses disposed so as to correspond respectively to the plurality of pixel electrodes,
the plurality of first lenses is disposed at the first surface side of the second substrate,
the plurality of second lenses is disposed at the second surface side with respect to the plurality of first lenses,
the plurality of first lenses and the plurality of second lenses are arranged such that convex surfaces of the plurality of first lenses and convex surfaces of the plurality of second lenses face to respective sides opposite to each other,
at least a part of the convex surface of each of the plurality of first lenses is formed of a curved surface,
the convex surface of each of the plurality of second lenses includes a second planar portion disposed at a center and a second curved portion disposed so as to surround the second planar portion in plan view, and
in the second planar portion, an outer edge at positions corresponding to the plurality of recessed portions is recessed toward a lens center in plan view.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.