Patent ID: 6621548
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a display device containing a material with optical properties that are influenced by the field, comprising:positioning electrodes to establish the field in the space between two substrates that face each other, at least one of the substrates being transparent; introducing spacer elements between the two substrates, the spacer elements being generally randomly distributed between the substrates; applying a liquid comprising a prepolymeric material to the exterior surfaces of the spacer elements before introduction of the spacer elements between the substrates, the liquid being in a liquid state upon introduction of the spacers into the space between the substrates; prior to introducing the material with optical properties that are influenced by the field, polymerizing the prepolymexic material in situ to form solid polymeric material occupying at least a portion of the space between the substrates and providing a bond between the substrates, at least a portion of the solid polymeric material being in the vicinities of the spacer elements; and then filling at least a portion of the space between the two substrates with the material with optical properties that are influenced by the field.