IP Library Granted Patent US 7,215,394
Granted Patent B2
US 7,215,394 · App. 10/831,118 · Granted May 8, 2007

Reflection-type liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,215,394
App. No.
10/831,118
Granted
May 8, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reflection-type liquid crystal display according to the invention includes two glass substrates, a transparent electrode provided on one glass substrate, an insulator film which is provided on another glass substrate and on which an uneven structure is formed, a reflecting electrode provided on the insulator film, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a side of the transparent electrode and a side of the reflecting electrode. The insulator film includes a first insulating layer in which a large number of depressions isolated as surrounded by protrusions are irregularly arranged and a second insulating layer covering the insulating layer entirely. The protrusions are all connected in a network, so that if some of these protrusions have weaker adherence with an underlying layer, they can be supported by the surrounding protrusions.

Claims (15)

1. A method for manufacturing a reflection-type liquid crystal display comprising:

forming a first insulating layer of an organic or inorganic insulating material having photosensitivity;

forming an uneven-element pattern in said first insulating layer by photo-exposure, said uneven-element pattern comprising stripe-shaped protrusions arranged irregularly and connected in a network;

etch-developing said first insulating layer;

melting by heat treatment said first insulating layer thus etch-developed, to thereby smooth said uneven structure; and

forming a second insulating layer on said first insulating layer thus melted.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said second insulating layer comprises an organic or inorganic insulating material having photosensitivity.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said second insulating layer is formed on said first insulating layer and wherein the first and second insulating layers are of different thickness.

4. A method for manufacturing a reflection-type liquid crystal display comprising:

forming a first insulating layer of an organic or inorganic insulating material having photosensitivity;

forming an uneven-element pattern in said first insulating layer by photo-exposure, said uneven-element pattern comprising stripe-shaped protrusions arranged irregularly and connected in a network;

etch-developing said first insulating layer;

melting by use of chemicals said first insulating layer thus etch-developed, to thereby smooth said uneven structure; and

forming a second insulating layer on said first insulating layer thus melted.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said second insulating layer comprises an organic or inorganic insulating material having photosensitivity.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2011
From: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027188/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2010
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024768/0883 →