Liquid crystal apparatus, color filter substrate, and electronic apparatus
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal apparatus includes a pair of substrates. The pair of substrates includes a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and a two-dimensional array of pixel regions each including a transmissive display region and a reflective display region, the transmissive display regions of different pixel regions having areas different from one another. One of the substrates has a plurality of color filter layers provided in correspondence with the pixel regions, a reflective film provided over the color filter layers, and an overcoat film covering the reflective film. Among the pixel regions including the transmissive display regions having different areas, a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a large area has a color filter layer with a thickness larger than that of a color filter layer provided in a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a small area.
1. A liquid crystal apparatus comprising: a pair of substrates including a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and a two-dimensional array of pixel regions each including a transmissive display region and a reflective display region, the transmissive display regions of different pixel regions having areas different from one another, wherein one of the substrates has a plurality of color filter layers provided in correspondence with the pixel regions, a reflective film provided over the color filter layers, and an overcoat film covering the reflective film, and wherein, among the pixel regions including the transmissive display regions having different areas, a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a large area has a color filter layer with a thickness larger than that of a color filter layer provided in a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a small area, and
wherein when the area of the transmissive display region having a large area is 1.25 or more times larger than the area of the transmissive display region having a small area, the thickness of the color filter layer provided in the pixel region including the transmissive display region having a large area is 1.05 or more times the thickness of the color filter layer provided in the pixel region including the transmissive display region having a small area.
2. A liquid crystal apparatus comprising: a pair of substrates including a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and a two-dimensional array of pixel regions each including a transmissive display region having a rectangular shape in plan view and a reflective display region, the rectangular transmissive display regions of different pixel regions having short-side lengths different from one another, wherein one of the substrates has a plurality of color filter layers provided in correspondence with the pixel regions, a reflective film provided over the color filter layers, and an overcoat film covering the reflective film, and wherein, among the pixel regions including the rectangular transmissive display regions having different short-side lengths, a pixel region including a transmissive display region having a large short-side length has a color filter layer with a thickness larger than that of a color filter layer provided in a pixel region including a transmissive display region having a small short-side length.
3. The liquid crystal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmissive display regions are defined by openings provided in the reflective film.
4. The liquid crystal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the color filter layers are provided with light-shielding layers extending along outer peripheries of the pixel regions, and wherein the reflective film includes slits provided along outer peripheries of the pixel regions.
5. The liquid crystal apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the light-shielding layers overlap inner peripheries of the pixel regions.
6. A color filter substrate comprising: a substrate body; a plurality of color filter layers provided on the substrate body; a reflective film provided over the color filter layers; and an overcoat film covering the reflective film, wherein the color filter substrate has a two-dimensional array of unit regions each including a reflective display region where the reflective film exists and a transmissive display region where the reflective film does not exist, the transmissive display regions having rectangular shapes in plan view with short-side lengths different from one another in different unit regions, and wherein, among the unit regions including the rectangular transmissive display regions having different short-side lengths, a unit region including a transmissive display region having a large short-side length has a color filter layer with a thickness larger than that of a color filter layer provided in a unit region including a transmissive display region having a small short-side length.
7. An electronic apparatus comprising the liquid crystal apparatus according to claim 1 .