| CPC G02F 1/13345 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02F 1/134336 (2013.01); G02F 1/13756 (2021.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A display device comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate facing the first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a light source disposed so that light is incident on a side surface of the first substrate or a side surface of the second substrate;
a first electrode provided on the first substrate;
a second electrode provided on the second substrate;
a first scanning line and a second scanning line extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction;
a first image signal line and a second image signal line extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and
a pixel provided between the first scanning line and the second scanning line in the second direction and between the first image signal line and the second image signal line in the first direction, the pixel including the first electrode,
wherein
the liquid crystal layer comprises polymer-dispersed liquid crystals comprising a polymer network formed in a mesh shape and liquid crystal molecules held in a dispersed manner in gaps of the polymer network,
the second electrode includes a plurality of first slits extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction,
each of the first slits includes a first end and a second end opposed to the first end in the second direction,
the first end of the each of the first slits overlaps the first scanning line,
the second end of the each of the first slits overlaps the second scanning line,
a plurality of second slits of the first electrode are arranged at predetermined intervals in the first direction,
the second slits extend in the second direction, and
the first slits overlap the second slits.
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