| US 7,486,366 B2 | ||
| Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same | ||
| Shingo Kataoka, Kawasaki (Japan); Arihiro Takeda, Kawasaki (Japan); Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki (Japan); Tsutomu Seino, Kawasaki (Japan); Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki (Japan); Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki (Japan); Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki (Japan); Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki (Japan); Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki (Japan); Takatoshi Mayama, Kawasaki (Japan); Kimiaki Nakamura, Kawasaki (Japan); and Hideo Chida, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/542,308. | ||
| Application 11/542308 is a division of application No. 09/903010, filed on Jul. 11, 2001, granted, now 7,145,622. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-295266 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0132929 A1, Jun. 14, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/1337 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 349—143 [349/142; 349/144; 349/130; 257/E21.31; 257/E21.414; 257/E21.302] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate facing said first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer sealed between said first substrate and said second substrate;
a first electrode formed on said first substrate;
a second electrode formed on said second substrate;
a first molecule orientation film formed on said first substrate so as to cover said first electrode;
a second molecule orientation film formed on said second substrate so as to cover said second electrode;
a first polarizing plate provided outside of said first substrate; and
a second polarizing plate provided outside of said second substrate in a crossed Nicol state to said first polarizing plate,
wherein:
in a non-driving state in which a driving voltage is not applied between said first electrode and said second electrode, liquid
crystal molecules are oriented in a vertical direction to a surface of said first and second substrates by said first molecule
orientation film and said second molecule orientation film, respectively; and
a plurality of directional patterns are formed directly on said first substrate in a common direction.
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