Patent ID: 8174665

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device comprising: preparing a first substrate and a second substrate; forming a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines in respective non-pixel regions on the first substrate such that the gate lines and the data lines cross each other to define pixel regions; forming a plurality of thin film transistors at respective crossings between the gate lines and the data lines; forming a black matrix layer on the second substrate in portions corresponding to the non-pixel regions; 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 at least one first ball having a first diameter, at least one second ball having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, a liquid thermosetting binder and a solvent and wherein the ratio between the first and second balls is in the range of about 1:2 to 1:100; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and joining the first substrate to the second substrate.