IP Library Granted Patent US 7,304,712
Granted Patent B2
US 7,304,712 · App. 10/873,839 · Granted Dec 4, 2007

Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,304,712
App. No.
10/873,839
Granted
Dec 4, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device that is used in display portions of electronics devices and a manufacturing method thereof, and intends to provide a liquid crystal display device that can obtain excellent display quality and a manufacturing method thereof. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes preparing a pair of substrates that have a structure P 1 having a height Hp 1 and a structure P 2 having a height Hp 2 , the heights Hp 1 and Hp 2 satisfying a relationship of 0.3 (μm)≧Hp 1 −Hp 2 ≦1.0 (μm); controlling a dropping amount V of liquid crystal so that a cell gap G 1 that is determined by the dropping amount V of liquid crystal, the height Hp 1 and the height Hp 2 satisfy a relationship of Hp 2 <G 1 <Hp 1 ; dropping the controlled dropping amount V of liquid crystal on one of the pair of substrates; and attaching the pair of substrates in a vacuum followed by returning to an atmospheric pressure to fill in the liquid crystal between the pair of substrates.

Claims (14)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pair of substrates attached through a sealing material coated in seamless manners on an entire circumference of an outer periphery;

a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates;

a structure P 1 ′ that comes into contact with both of the pair of substrates and sustains a predetermined cell gap G 1 ; and

a structure P 2 that, when a pressure is externally applied, sustains a cell gap G 2 that is narrower than the cell gap G 1 ; and

an alignment control structure that is formed on at least one of the pair of substrates for controlling an alignment of the liquid crystal,

wherein the alignment control structures are formed with different formation patterns between a region in the neighborhood of the structure P 1 ′ and other regions, and

wherein a height Hp 1 ′ of the structure P 1 ′ and a height Hp 2 of the structure P 2 satisfy a relationship of Hp 1 ′≅G 1 >Hp 2 .

2. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein an area density D 1 of the structure P 1 ′ and an area density D 2 of the structure P 2 satisfy a relationship of D 1 ≦D 2 .

3. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein an upper base area S 1 of the structure P 1 ′ and an upper base area S 2 of the structure P 2 satisfy a relationship of S 1 ≦S 2 .

4. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein the alignment control structures are formed with different formation patterns between a region in the neighborhood of the structure P 2 and other regions.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2011
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027068/0612 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 23, 2006
From: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 017049/0706 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2004
From: SAWASAKI, MANABU; TANIGUCHI, YOJI; TAKAGI, TAKASHI
To: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019727/0037 →