Patent ID: 8654289

Claim:
A method of fabricating an LCD device, comprising: preparing first and second substrates; coating an alignment layer over at least one of the substrates; performing a rubbing process on the substrate coated with the alignment layer; and irradiating polarized UV rays onto the substrate coated with the alignment layer, wherein the alignment layer is foamed of a mixture of a rubbing alignment material and a UV alignment material, wherein the UV alignment material is a compound having any one of following chemical formulas 2 and 3: wherein n and m are integers of 1 or more, and wherein the rubbing alignment material is a compound selected from a polyimide compound or a polyamic acid compound having the following chemical formulas 5 to 7: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of X1 is selected from the group consisting of O, CH2, and m is integer of 1 or greater, wherein X1 is selected from the group consisting of O, CH2, and m is integer of 1 or greater, wherein X1 is selected from the group consisting of O, CH2, and m is integer of 1 or greater.