Patent ID: 9097943
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: first and second substrates facing each other; a pixel electrode and a common electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate and generating an electric field substantially parallel to the first substrate; a first alignment layer on the inner surface of the first substrate and homeotropically aligned; a first polarizer on an outer surface of the first substrate and having a first polarization axis; a second alignment layer on an inner surface of the second substrate and homogeneously aligned; a second polarizer on an outer surface of the second substrate and having a second polarization axis perpendicular to the first polarization axis; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second alignment layers, wherein liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are twisted in a helical structure having a helical axis perpendicular to the first substrate when an electric field is not generated, and the liquid crystal molecules are untwisted such that the helical axis is tilted with respect to the first substrate and arranged along a first direction when the electric field is generated.