REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT

摘要

A battery effect causing asymmetry in liquid crystal responses can be prevented, an offset voltage applied to a driving voltage can be reduced, and high reliability is secured even during long term driving. A pixel electrode is covered with a metal film (43) which has a standard electrode potential with a sign opposite to that of a metallic material constituting the pixel electrode. This prevents the battery effect between the opposing electrodes, unlike conventional devices which do not have the metal film (43). Thereby, the asymmetry in the liquid crystal responses can be prevented and reducing the offset voltage which is required for the driving voltage can be accomplished unlike the conventional ones. Moreover, a circuit for applying the offset voltage is simplified or unnecessary, and improvement of long term reliability during the driving can be accomplished. <IMAGE>