Patent ID: 6417900
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display unit comprising:a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other; a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate; a common electrode on the first substrate; a first alignment film on the first substrate, the first alignment film having a pretilt angle of 90Â°Â±1Â° and not rubbed, said common electrode and said first alignment film being sequentially disposed on a surface of said first substrate facing said second substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes on said second substrate to cover a display area of said liquid crystal; a conductive light-shielding member disposed on said second substrate and positioned around each of said plurality of pixel electrodes in a non-display area of said liquid crystal while being electrically insulated from said pixel electrode, said conductive light-shielding member being continuously grounded; a second alignment film having a pretilt angle of 90Â°Â±1Â° and not rubbed, the second alignment film being disposed on said pixel electrodes and on said conductive light-shielding members, the first and second alignment films inducing a long axis of molecules of the liquid crystal to be aligned perpendicularly to a thickness direction of the alignment films when an electric field is not applied between said common electrode and said pixel electrode.