Liquid crystal display and method for fabricating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9316871-B2
Application number	US-201213615187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2012
Priority date	Dec 9, 2011
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

The invention provides a liquid crystal display, including: a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first flat electrode formed thereon; a first alignment layer formed on the first flat electrode; a second substrate disposed oppositely to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a gate line, a data line and a second flat electrode, wherein the gate line intersects with the data line to define a pixel region, the pixel region includes at least one sub-pixel electrode region, and an area of the second flat electrode is smaller than that of the first flat electrode; a second alignment layer formed on the second flat electrode; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer has chirality, wherein the sub-pixel electrode region has a multidomain pretilt angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first flat electrode formed thereon;
a first alignment layer formed on the first flat electrode;
a second substrate disposed oppositely to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises a gate line, a data line and a second flat electrode, wherein the gate line intersects with the data line to define a pixel region, the pixel region comprises at least one sub-pixel electrode region, and an area of the second flat electrode is smaller than that of the first flat electrode;
a second alignment layer formed on the second flat electrode; and
a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein a distance between a borderline of pixel region and a borderline of the second flat electrode is larger than or equal to a thickness of the liquid crystal layer,
wherein the sub-pixel electrode region has a multidomain pretilt angle, and wherein the liquid crystal layer in the sub-pixel electrode region has a continuous domain alignment.

2. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a nematic liquid crystal molecular and a chiral molecular or a cholesteric molecular.

3. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a polymer stable layer formed on a portion of the first alignment layer or a portion of the second alignment layer.

4. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixel electrode region comprises a first region and a second region, and a pretilt angle of the first region is different from that of the second region.

5. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first region is located at a center of the sub-pixel electrode region.

6. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first flat electrode formed thereon;
a first alignment layer formed on the first flat electrode;
a second substrate disposed oppositely to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises a gate line, a data line and a second flat electrode, wherein the gate line intersects with the data line to define a pixel region, the pixel region comprises at least one sub-pixel electrode region, and an area of the second flat electrode is smaller than that of the first flat electrode;
a second alignment layer formed on the second flat electrode; and
a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer has chirality,
wherein the sub-pixel electrode region comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region, and wherein the first region, the second region, and the third region respectively have a first pretilt angle, a second pretilt angle, and a third pretilt angle, and wherein the first region is surrounded by the second region, and wherein the second region is surrounded by the third region, and
wherein the first flat electrode overlapped the gate line and the data line.

7. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the sub-pixel electrode region further comprises a third region, and a pretilt angle of the first region is different from that of the third region.

8. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display, comprising:
providing a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely to each other;
forming a first flat electrode on the first substrate;
forming a first alignment layer on the first flat electrode;
forming a gate line, a data line and a second flat electrode on the second substrate, wherein the gate line intersects with the data line to define a pixel region, the pixel region comprises at least one sub-pixel electrode region, and an area of the second flat electrode is smaller than that of the first flat electrode;
forming a second alignment layer on the second flat electrode;
assembling the first substrate and the second substrate;
forming a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer has chirality;
performing a first irradiation to a first region of the sub-pixel electrode region;
applying a first voltage to the sub-pixel electrode region;
performing a second irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region; and
removing the first voltage, wherein the liquid crystal layer in the sub-pixel electrode region has a continuous domain alignment.

9. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , before performing the first irradiation to the first region of the sub-pixel electrode region, the method further comprising applying a pre-voltage.

10. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer comprises reactive monomers (RM).

11. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises reactive monomers (RM).

12. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein performing the first irradiation to the first region of the sub-pixel electrode region comprises:
providing a first mask on the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein the first mask has a first opening;
performing the first irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein the first region is directly below the first opening, and outside of the first region is a second region, and a pretilt angle of the first region is different from that of the second region.

13. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein performing the second irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region comprises performing the second irradiation to the first region and the second region of the sub-pixel electrode region.

14. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein performing the second irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region comprises:
providing a second mask formed on the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein the second mask has a second opening, and a diameter of the second opening is larger than that of the first opening; and
performing a second irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein a third region is directly below the second opening and outside of the first region.

15. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 14 , after performing the second irradiation, further comprising:
applying a second voltage to the sub-pixel electrode region;
performing a third irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein a fourth region is outside of the first region and the third region, and a pretilt angle of the first region is different from that of the third region or that of the fourth region.

16. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein performing the second irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region comprises:
providing a third mask formed on the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein the third mask has a shielding region and an exposed region, and a diameter of the shielding region is larger than that of the first opening; and
performing a second irradiation to the sub-pixel electrode region, wherein a fifth region is directly below the exposed region.

17. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 16 , after performing the second irradiation, further comprising:
applying a th

Assignees

• Peng Cheng-Chung
• Fan Shih-Hung
• Innolux Corp
• Innocom Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Cheng-Chung
• Fan Shih-Hung

Classifications

• G02F2001/133757

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F2202/06

  dopant · CPC title

• G02F1/133711

  by organic films, e.g. polymeric films · CPC title

• G02F2001/13712

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F2001/133715

  Physics · mapped topic