Liquid crystal device having the microlenses in correspondence with the pixel electrodes

A liquid crystal device, comprising:

• a liquid crystal filled in a space between an arrangement of pixel electrodes and a common electrode facing each other with said space therebetween;
• a pair of base plates sandwiching said pixel electrodes and said common electrode therebetween;
• polarizing plates each placed in a respective layer on surfaces of respective ones of the base plates exterior to said pixel electrodes and said common electrode;
• a plurality of microlenses disposed on at least one of the base plates in correspondence with the pixel electrodes for converging light rays irradiated onto the pixel electrodes for the image formation thereby;
• wherein recording light passes from an incident side to a recording side of said device and the microlenses are formed on the base plate on said incident side;
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• further comprising a photomask provided on the base plate at the incident side, said photomask having openings corresponding to the pixel electrodes and located upon those portions of said base plate where the irradiated light rays are received.

A liquid crystal device, comprising:

• a liquid crystal filled in a space between an arrangement of pixel electrodes and a common electrode facing each other with said space therebetween;
• a first base plate adjacent to said pixel electrodes and a second base plate adjacent to said common electrodes, said first and second base plate sandwiching said pixel electrodes and said common electrode therebetween;
• polarizing plates each placed in a respective layer on surfaces of respective ones of the base plates exterior to said pixel electrodes and to said common electrode;
• and
• a plurality of microlenses integrally formed in a transparent plate arranged between one of said base plates and one of the polarizing plates.