Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080291370 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and is composed of a liquid crystal exhibiting, in an initial alignment state thereof, a vertical alignment and having negative dielectric anisotropy; a light shielding film that is formed on a side of the liquid crystal layer on the first substrate and that corresponds to a non-display region and defining a display region; a pixel electrode that is disposed, on the first substrate, from the display region with a periphery projecting on the light shielding film; a vertical alignment film that is disposed, on the pixel electrode, only in the display region or from the display region with a periphery projecting in the non-display region; and a horizontal alignment film that is disposed, in an area without the vertical alignment film above the light shielding film, with a periphery projecting on the pixel electrode. | 11-27-2008 |
20090073362 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, the layer being made of liquid crystal aligned vertically in an initial alignment state and exhibiting negative dielectric anisotropy. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and a first alignment layer composed of a vertical alignment layer provided on the pixel electrodes and of a horizontal alignment layer provided in a region on the pixel electrodes and the first substrate, the region excluding the pixel electrodes. The second substrate includes an electrode, a protrusion provided so as to face the horizontal alignment layer, and a second alignment layer made of a vertical alignment layer provided on the electrode and the protrusion. | 03-19-2009 |
20090237604 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes: a circuit substrate; a counter substrate oppositely disposed to the circuit substrate; a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate, and shows a vertical alignment in an initial alignment state; a first alignment layer having an alkyl chain formed by a coating process at a liquid crystal layer of the counter substrate; and a second alignment layer formed by a vacuum process at the liquid crystal layer of the circuit substrate. In the device, an alkyl chain is further bonded on a surface of the second alignment film. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237605 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a circuit substrate; a counter substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the circuit substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate, the liquid crystal layer showing vertical alignment as an initial alignment state; a first alignment layer manufactured on a side of the counter substrate using a coating process, the side facing the liquid crystal layer, the first alignment layer having a vertical alignment function; and a second alignment layer manufactured on a side of the circuit substrate using a vacuum process, the side facing the liquid crystal layer, the second alignment layer generating a pretilt. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239002 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer that is vertically aligned in an initial state and sandwiched between the pair of the substrates. In the device, an alignment layer existing on an uppermost surface of at least one of the substrates is composed of alkyl chains having a different chain length each other, and an alkyl chain having a shortest chain length in the alkyl chains is tilted to the uppermost surface of the at least one of the substrates. | 09-24-2009 |
20120092602 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of opposed substrates and orientation films includes forming a first orientation film having straight-chain alkyl chains at the liquid crystal layer side of one substrate, and forming a second orientation film at the liquid crystal layer side of the other substrate by forming an inorganic orientation layer and surface-treating the inorganic orientation layer using a silane coupling agent, and forming the second orientation film includes surface-treating the inorganic orientation layer using a first silane coupling agent having straight-chain alkyl chains and surface-treating the layer using a second silane coupling agent having straight-chain alkyl chains and having only one hydrolytic group. | 04-19-2012 |