Patent ID: 8471968

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel comprising; a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate; a first alignment layer located on substantially an entire surface of the first electrode; a light refraction device on an inner surface of the second substrate, the light refraction device including a plurality of light refracting lenses facing the first electrode, wherein each of the plurality of light refracting lenses includes a part-cylindrical lens, the part-cylindrical lens having a convex top surface and a substantially flat bottom surface, the convex top surface facing the inner surface of the first substrate, and the substantially flat bottom surface facing the second substrate; a second alignment layer formed along the convex top surfaces of the part-cylindrical lenses, and having an outer surface facing the inner surface of first substrate, wherein the outer surface of the second alignment layer has a plurality of convex portions that face the first substrate; a second electrode formed between the second substrate and the light refraction device; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first alignment layer and the light refracting lenses, and including liquid crystal molecules having an initial alignment direction coincided with the direction of a groove and having a refractive index being the same as a refractive index of the light refraction device when an electric field is not applied to the liquid crystal layer, wherein when the electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer, the light refractive index of the light refraction device is greater than that of the liquid crystal layer, wherein the light refraction device is a lenticular lens, wherein an end of the second alignment layer directly contacts the second electrode, and wherein the second alignment layer directly contacts the liquid crystal layer.