Claims
- 1. A ferroelectric liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a pair of transparent substrate mutually opposed and spaced apart a distance of at least 1.5 .mu.m;
- a pair of groups of transparent stripe electrodes formed respectively on the internal faces of said substrates in mutually crossing manner; and
- a liquid crystal positioned between said groups of stripe electrodes;
- wherein said groups of stripe electrodes are provided respectively with opaque metal members with thickness of 500-5000 .ANG. for reducing the electrical resistance of said stripe electrodes, and for masking a residual image produced by said interpixel switching, said opaque metal members being formed so as not to mutually overlap and so as to complementarily constitute light shields in non-display areas.
- 2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the opaque metal members formed on one substrate are different in form from those formed on the other substrate.
- 3. A ferroelectric liquid crystal device comprising:
- a liquid crystal sealed between a pair of transparent substrates mutually opposed and spaced apart at a distance of at least 1.5 .mu.m, one of said substrates being provided with a group of transparent stripe-shaped common electrodes and the other of the substrates being provided with a group of transparent stripe-shaped signal electrodes so as to form pixels at the crossing areas of said common electrodes and said signal electrodes;
- wherein each common electrode is provided in contact thereon with a first metal electrode parallel to said common electrode and with a second metal electrode normal to said first metal electrode;
- wherein each signal electrode is provided in contact thereon with a third metal electrode parallel to said signal electrode and with a fourth metal electrode normal to said third metal electrode; and
- among the inter-pixel areas, areas positioned between adjacent common and adjacent signal electrodes are shielded from light by the first, second, third and fourth metal electrodes, wherein a residual image produced by the interpixel switching is masked by (i) the second metal electrode arranged to cover a gap between the adjacent signal electrodes and (ii) the fourth electrode arranged to cover a gap between the adjacent common electrodes; and
- at least one of said common or signal metal electrodes is notched in advance in each crossing area.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 737,662, filed Jul. 30, 1991, now abandoned.
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