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According to this liquid crystal cell, a vacuum to be established between two electrode substrates as a result of the volume shrinkage of a liquid crystal having a high viscosity at the room temperature can be damped by communicating between two of a plurality of filling portions formed between two

According to this liquid crystal cell, a vacuum to be established between two electrode substrates as a result of the volume shrinkage of a liquid crystal having a high viscosity at the room temperature can be damped by communicating between two of a plurality of filling portions formed between two electrode substrates by a plurality of barrier walls through the intervening barrier walls. An anti-ferroelectric liquid crystal (AFLC) is used as the liquid crystal. The liquid crystal cell has a lower electrode substrate and an upper electrode substrate, between which a smectic liquid crystal is disposed together with a plurality of barrier walls on the inner side of a band seal. Each barrier wall has through holes to communicate between the two filling portions located on the two sides of the barrier walls.

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1. A liquid crystal cell comprising:a pair of electrode substrates; a band seal interposed between said electrode substrates at the peripheral edges of the same; a plurality of barrier walls clamped on the inner peripheral side of said seal and between said electrode substrates in parallel with each

1. A liquid crystal cell comprising:a pair of electrode substrates; a band seal interposed between said electrode substrates at the peripheral edges of the same; a plurality of barrier walls clamped on the inner peripheral side of said seal and between said electrode substrates in parallel with each other; and a liquid crystal filling between said electrode substrates via said seal, wherein each of said plurality of barrier walls is made of a single material and has a lower rigidity in at least one portion of each barrier wall than that of other portions of each said barrier wall.