Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus

Abstract

A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate; a secondary substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. A display operation is performed by changing an alignment state of the liquid crystal layer from a splay alignment to a bend alignment. The first substrate includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of transition electrodes generating a potential difference with respect to the pixel electrodes, and a plurality of transition electrodes being formed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the scanning lines or the data lines and closer to the first substrate than the pixel electrodes.

1 . A liquid crystal device comprising:
 a first substrate;   a second substrate facing the first substrate;   a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer changing from a splay alignment state to a bend alignment state;   a plurality of scanning lines being formed on the first substrate;   a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of scanning lines;   a plurality of pixel electrodes provided above the first substrate; and   a plurality of transition electrodes generating a potential difference with respect to the pixel electrodes, the plurality of transition electrodes being formed above the scanning lines or the data lines, each of the transition electrodes having a wider width than a width of one of the scanning lines or a width of one of the data lines and having a wider width than a gap between the pixel electrodes.   
     
     
         2 . The liquid crystal device according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of transition electrodes are elongated along the scanning lines or the data lines. 
     
     
         3 . The liquid crystal device according to  claim 1 , further comprising an insulating film provided between the transition electrodes and the scanning lines or the data lines, wherein each of the transition electrodes is electrically connected directly with one of the scanning lines or one of the data lines via a contact hole formed in the insulating film.