Patent ID: 6958798
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate placed to face the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes: a splay-aligned region in which a transformation from splay alignment to bend alignment or from bend alignment to splay alignment occurs according to a voltage applied; and a nucleation region adjacent to the splay-aligned region and serving as a nucleation site for initiating the transformation to occur in the splay-aligned region, the nucleation region includes a plurality of first nucleation regions, each of the plurality of first nucleation regions extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second nucleation regions, each of the plurality of second nucleation regions extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the splay-aligned region includes a plurality of first splay-aligned regions having a first width in the second direction and a plurality of second splay-aligned regions having a second width smaller than the first width in the second direction, and the plurality of first splay-aligned regions include two first splay-aligned regions connected to each other via one of the plurality of second splay-aligned regions, and wherein the first width of the plurality of first splay-aligned regions and the second width of the plurality of second splay-aligned regions are defined by the nucleation region.