LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal device in which a response speed is improved without increasing the process and the cost of manufacturing. SOLUTION: In the liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal layer made up with liquid crystals having positive dielectric anisotropy is held between a pair of substrates that are opposingly arranged. On an element substrate 2 and an opposing substrate 3, a pixel electrode 7 and a common electrode 8 are provided respedively to apply longitudinal electric field to a liquid crystal layer 18. Moreover, comb-shaped electrodes 15 are provided above the top of the electrode 7 on the substrate 2 in order to apply transverse electric field to the layer 18 with the electrode 7 through an insulating film 14. Due to the operation of the transverse electric field, returning motion of liquid crystal molecules 19 is assisted during an OFF interval and the response speed is increased as a result.