Abstract: A large-sized liquid crystal panel uniformly filled with a liquid crystal material may be produced through a process including the steps of: fixing a pair of substrates with a sealing member disposed therebetween to form a blank panel having an injection port, reducing a pressure within the panel, applying a liquid crystal material onto the injection port, heating the liquid crystal material to its isotropic temperature, injecting the liquid crystal material into the panel under a pressure, and filling the panel with the liquid crystal material under heating and pressurization from the injection port toward the panel inside. The pressure within the panel before the injection is reduced at a rate not exceeding 25 torr/min. The pressure for injection is increased at varying rates, e.g., with an intermediate constant pressure period.

Abstract: A color filter plate suitable for inclusion in a color liquid crystal display panel is produced through a process including the steps of (a) forming a color filter pattern on a transparent substrate, (b) forming a light-interrupting mask layer over the color filter pattern, (c) abrading the mask layer with an abrasive to expose the color filter pattern and leave a patterned mask layer contiguous with the color filter pattern, and (d) coating the color filter pattern and the patterned mask layer with a protective layer. As a result, it becomes possible to omit a step of patterning the mask layer and an exposure mask for the patterning, so that the process is simplified, the production cost is lowered and the latitude of the mask-forming material is increased.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device is formed by disposing a liquid crystal between a plurality of elongated first display electrodes on a first substrate and a plurality of elongated second display electrodes on a second substrate so as to form a pixel at each intersection of the first and second display electrodes. The spacings between the pixels are masked by a metal oxide light-shielding mask disposed in lamination with the first display electrodes with an intermediate insulating film. The metal oxide light-shielding mask is separated into a plurality of discrete metal oxide masking films each allotted to a pixel at parts in alignment with at least one of first and second metal lead electrodes disposed along and in electrical contact with the first and second display electrodes. The structure is effective for preventing leakage light through a spacing between pixels without causing a short circuit between pixels, liquid crystal alignment disorder or peeling-off of the insulating film.

Abstract: A process for producing an electrode substrate for use in a liquid crystal device in which a laminate film of a transparent conductive film and a metal film is formed on a first side of a transparent substrate. The laminate film is pattern-etched so as to form islands of the laminate film in a predetermined pattern. A photosensitive anaerobic colored resin is applied on the transparent substrate on which the islands of laminate film arranged in the predetermined pattern. The transparent substrate is uniformly exposed to a light from a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. Unexposed portions of the photosensitive anaerobic resin are removed so as to leave the photosensitive anaerobic resin only in the spaces between adjacent islands of the laminate film, for forming a light-shielding film in each of the spaces.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a pair of mutually opposed transparent substrates, a pair of groups of transparent stripe electrode formed respectively on the internal faces of the substrates in mutually crossing manner, and liquid crystal positioned between the groups of stripe electrodes. The groups of stripe electrodes are provided respectively with opaque metal members for reducing the electrical resistance of the stripe electrodes. The opaque metal members are so formed as not to mutually overlap and as to complementarily constitute light shields in non-display areas.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device with little crosstalk and improved contrast is obtained by using an electrode plate including a substrate, a plurality of transparent conductor stripes disposed on the substrate, a plurality of elongated metal films each disposed at least one side of and electrically connected with one of the conductor stripes so as to form a transparent region and an opaque region of a conductor stripe, and a second metal film for light-shielding disposed on the substrate so as to be electrically insulated from the conductor stripes with an insulating film.

Abstract: An electrode plate with a color filter having a good planarity and suitable for a liquid crystal device is provided by forming on a transparent substrate a porous electroconductive film colored in a prescribed pattern by impregnation with an organic colorant. After being further coated with an insulating film and an alignment film, the electrode plate with a color filter may be applied to another electrode plate with a spacer therebetween to form a cell, which is then filled with a liquid crystal to form a liquid crystal device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device is formed by disposing a chiral smectic liquid crystal between two groups of electrodes which are disposed opposite to each other and so as to intersect each other. At least one of the two groups of electrodes is covered by an insulating film and an alignment film which are selected and disposed to provide a combined electrostatic capacitance C (nF) and a combined resistance R (.OMEGA.) satisfying a relationship with the spontaneous polarization Ps of the chiral smectic liquid crystal represented by the following formula: 3.gtoreq.-CR[-2.3+ln(C/Ps)]. As a result, there is provided a chiral smectic liquid crystal device which suppress the persistence to a tolerable level while retaining a good switching characteristic.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates with a orientation controlling film being provided on at least one of the substrates through a base layer, and a ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal which is disposed between the substrates. The orientation controlling film has a uniaxial orientation processing axis. The ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal generates two different stable orientation states at high and low temperatures regions within the temperature range achieving the ferroelectric smectic phase. The ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal is in one of the two stable orientation states which is generated at the low temperature region when the liquid crystal in the other stable orientation state generated at the high temperature region cools. Where d is the thickness of the orientation controlling film and S is the average surface roughness of the base layer, d and S have the relation expressed by0.ltoreq.S/d<0.70.

Abstract: A liquid crystal optical modulator having a liquid crystal held between two substrates each having a light-transmissive electrode on the surface, in which at least one substrate has minute alignment-treated region having two or more kinds of liquid crystal aligning abilities different from each other formed and arranged on the same substrate.

Abstract: An optical modulation device for effecting optical modulation by controlling the diffraction phenomenon of light, which not only consumes a small amouhnt of the driving energy employed, such as a electric power, but which is also capable of improvements in reliability.

Abstract: An electrochromic element having an electrochromic layer, formed of cobalt hydroxide or cobalt carbonate as a material for evaporation, and interposed between first and second electrodes, each being made of an electrically conductive film.

Abstract: A full solid type electrochromic element of an improved construction, having a sequential lamination of a substrate, a first electrode, a first electrochromic layer as a color forming layer at the cathode side, an insulation layer made of a dielectric film, a second electrochromic layer as a color forming layer at the anode side, and a second electrode, wherein the second electrochromic layer is made of cobalt hydroxide (Co(OH).sub.2).

Abstract: An electrochromic element comprises an electrochromic layer between a pair of electrode plates, and it is characterized in that the electrochromic layer is a coat formed by the ion plating of cobalt oxide in the presence of oxygen gas and/or water vapor.