Patent ID: 6423385
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: C09K,G02F

Abstract:
In a liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates whose spacing is determined by spacers, a liquid crystal layer filled in the space between said pair of substrates, a set of electrodes formed on the surface of one of the substrates of said pair of substrates for applying an electric field to said liquid crystal layer, and a pair of optical polarizers placed so that they enclose said liquid crystal layer and with their axes of polarization almost at right angles to each other;a liquid crystal display device having the characteristic that, said spacers are placed in a non-displaying region, said liquid crystal layer contains 40% or more weight percentage or 100% or less weight percentage of a constituent component with a dielectric anisotropy of &Dgr;âˆˆ&lE;1, the directions of controlled orientation of liquid crystal molecules at the two surfaces between said liquid crystal layer and said pair of substrates are almost parallel, and the axis of polarization of one of the polarizers is almost aligned with the direction of controlled orientation of liquid crystal molecules at said surfaces.