LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT, PROJECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SUBSTRATE THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display element which reduces diffraction effect caused by a periodic pattern formed on substrates holding a liquid crystal layer therebetween and has brightness and high contrast. SOLUTION: On the flanks of counter substrates 101 holding the liquid crystal layer or array substrates holding the liquid crystal layer 102 plural stripe-shaped electrodes 104 composed of transparent conductive films having thickness (d) are provided. The electrodes 104 are formed by adjusting a refractive index or a film thickness (d) so that difference between a first phase difference occurring when beams are transmitted through the transparent conductive film and a second phase difference occurring when beams are transmitted through the liquid crystal layer by the substantially same thickness (d) as the transparent conductive film is equal to integral multiple of wavelength λ of the transmitted light.