Patent ID: 6628360
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a first substrate having at least one first electrode formed thereon; a second substrate having a plurality of second electrodes formed thereon and opposed to the first electrode, the second substrate being opposed to the first substrate with a predetermined gap there between, the second electrodes being arranged to form a matrix display section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, each of the pixels being defined by an area in which the second electrodes on the second substrate are opposed to the first electrode on the first substrate; a first alignment film formed on the second substrate with the second electrodes, n aligning treatment being executed on the first alignment film in a first direction that intersects, at an angle of 5Â° to 10Â°, one of a row direction and a column direction of the matrix display section; a second alignment film formed on the first substrate having the first electrode formed thereon, an aligning treatment being executed on the second alignment film in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction of the first alignment film; and a liquid crystal sealed between the first and second substrates and constituting a liquid crystal layer that ranges from liquid crystal molecules adjacent to the first alignment film to liquid crystal molecules adjacent to the second alignment film, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are arranged in one direction, and wherein alignment of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer is controlled by generating an electric field in a direction perpendicular to the first and second substrates, applying the generated electric field to the liquid crystal sealed between he first and second substrates in a direction perpendicular to the liquid crystal, and causing the liquid crystal molecule, which are arranged substantially parallel to the first a d second substrates when no electric field is applied, to stand up.