Patent ID: 7911562

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a spacer side substrate having a first substrate, a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a spacer formed on the first electrode, and a first alignment layer formed on the first electrode and the spacer; and a counter substrate having a second substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, and a second alignment layer formed on the second electrode; in which the spacer side substrate and the counter substrate are provided to oppose the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer to each other; and in which a liquid crystal layer comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal are held between the spacer side substrate and the counter substrate; wherein a reactive liquid crystal layer obtained by fixing a reactive liquid crystal is formed on only one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, and further wherein the spacer side substrate and the counter substrate are bonded to each other with the reactive liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, wherein the ferroelectric liquid crystal, having a phase sequence via no Smectic A phase, is made into a mono-stability state, is capable of attaining gray scale display by a change in applied voltage, and has half-V shaped switching properties, and further wherein the ferroelectric liquid crystal shows mono domain alignment in the liquid crystal layer.