Patent ID: 7973894
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: C09K,G02F

Abstract:
1. A transmissive liquid crystal display comprising: a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other; a common electrode provided on one of the pair of substrates; a pixel electrode provided on the other of the pair of substrates; a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates; a polymer obtained by polymerizing a polymeric component mixed in the liquid crystal; and a pixel region having areas whose electro-optical characteristics are different from each other because of a difference between cell thicknesses thereof, wherein said pixel electrode extends continuously between the areas of different cell thicknesses, and further wherein a distance between said pixel electrode and said common electrode, with respect to a direction of the cell thickness, is different in the areas of different cell thicknesses, wherein the pixel region has a different pre-tilt angle in each of the plurality of areas, and the pre-tilt angle is relatively small in an area in which the cell thickness is relatively great, and further wherein the pre-tilt angle is obtained by varying a voltage applied when the polymeric component is polymerized for each of the plurality of areas.