Patent ID: 8045110

Claim:
A method for fabricating an LCD including first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, comprising: forming a data line, a first electrode and a second electrode on the first substrate and arranged in parallel; forming a gate line to cross the data line; forming an alignment layer on an entire surface of the first substrate, the alignment layer including first and second portions having first and second inclined surfaces respectively produced by step differences of the data line, the first electrode, second electrode and the gate line and third portions having flat surfaces; performing a first alignment process on the alignment layer by irradiating a first ion beam through a bar-type ion gun onto the first portions and the third portions of the alignment layer in a first direction inclined at a first predetermined angle to the first substrate; and performing a second alignment process on the alignment layer by irradiating a second ion beam through the bar-type ion gun onto the second portions and the third portions of the alignment layer in a second direction inclined at a second predetermined angle to the first substrate, wherein the first and second directions are opposite to each other.