Patent ID: 7872717
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; a first electrode on the inner surface of the first substrate; a first alignment film of a vertical orientation on the first electrode; a second alignment film of a horizontal orientation in a shape of plural belts substantially in parallel with each other on the first alignment film; a second substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the second substrate being opposite to the inner surface of the first substrate; a second electrode on the inner surface of the second substrate; a third alignment film of the vertical orientation on the second electrode; a fourth alignment film of the horizontal orientation in a shape of plural belts substantially in parallel with each other on the third alignment film; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the plural belts of the second alignment film and the plural belts of the fourth alignment film cross each other, and wherein liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are splay-aligned in an area where the second alignment film and the fourth alignment film overlap with each other and have a same horizontal orientation with respect to the first and the second substrates when the liquid crystal layer is traversed from the first substrate to the second substrate.