Patent ID: 7145628
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel by the liquid crystal falling drop method, comprising the steps of: forming a deformable seal member on at least one of a pair of opposing transparent substrates such that said seal member surrounds a display area of said liquid crystal display panel; arranging first spacers on said display area on said substrate, said first spacer having an initial size in a cell gap direction larger than an appropriate cell gap necessary to fabricate an appropriate liquid crystal display; dropping a volume of liquid crystal onto an area surrounded by said seal member on one of said transparent substrates; forming a panel by sticking one of said transparent substrates on the other with said seal member in a vacuum chamber; putting said panel under atmospheric pressure to deform said first spacers through a deformation of said panel due to a difference between said atmosphere pressure and a negative pressure inside said panel; and hardening said seal member after an inner volume of said panel becomes equal to the volume of said liquid crystal, wherein at least one of said first spacers is elastically deformed from an initial size thereof to a size corresponding to said appropriate cell gap before said seal member is deformed, and wherein a relative value of an initial average size of said first spacers to said appropriate cell gap is within a range of 102.9% to 107.0%.