Patent ID: 8040485

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device comprising: preparing a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein each of the first and second substrates includes a plurality of pixel regions spaced apart from each other to form a matrix; forming a black matrix layer in a region excluding the pixel regions on the first substrate; forming a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other in a portion corresponding to the black matrix layer on the second substrate; ink-jetting a spacer-forming material in predetermined portions provided on the black matrix layer between the first and second substrates to form spacers, wherein the spacer-forming material comprises one or more balls, a liquid thermosetting binder and a solvent; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and joining the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein each of the spacers has the one or more balls and a solid to adhere the balls to the first substrate after the step of forming the spacers.