Patent ID: 6512563
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a super-resolution optical panel comprising:a step of preparing a first substrate and a second substrate, both of which are transparent; a step of forming a first circular transparent electrode on the first substrate; a step of forming a second circular transparent electrode larger than the first circular transparent electrode, on the second substrate; a step of forming an alignment layer in a region covering at least the first circular transparent electrode on the first substrate, and in a region covering at least the second circular transparent electrode on the second substrate, respectively; a step of applying an alignment treatment in a first direction to the respective alignment layers by use of a rubbing roll such that pre-tilt faces of the respective alignment layers are in parallel with each other when the first circular transparent electrode is opposed to the second circular transparent electrode; a step of forming a resist patterned in a doughnut-like shape provided with an opening in a circular shape at a center thereof, on the alignment layer of the second substrate with the rubbing treatment applied thereto; a step of applying an alignment treatment in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to a portion of the alignment layer exposed inside the opening of the resist, by use of a rubbing roll; a step of subsequently peeling off the resist from the second substrate; a step of forming a sealing member on the first substrate so as to encircle the first circular transparent electrode; a step of scattering gap members in a region encircled by the sealing member on the first substrate; a step of bonding the first substrate with the second substrate so as to overlap each other with the gap members interposed therebetween by opposing the first circular transparent electrode to the second circular transparent electrode such that respective centers thereof coincide with each other, and the respective first directions in which the alignment treatment is applied to the respective alignment layers coincide with each other; and a step of filling twisted nematic liquid crystal in a spacing encircled by the sealing member, and between the first substrate and the second substrate.