Liquid crystal display device comprising a black matrix having a first sloped side less steep than a second sloped side
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display device include: first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, the first and second substrate including pixel regions; a first alignment layer on the first substrate; an black matrix on the second substrate; a first sloped side of the black matrix that is less steep than a second sloped side of the black matrix; a color filter layer on the black matrix; a second alignment layer on the color filter layer; a liquid crystal material interposed between the first and second alignment layers; and a rubbing direction of the second alignment layer corresponding to a first direction from the first sloped side to the second sloped side.
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a gate line on a first substrate;
a data line crossing the gate line;
a thin film transistor adjacent to a crossing of the gate line and the data line;
a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor;
a black matrix on the first substrate;
a first sloped side of the black matrix that is less steep than a second sloped side of the black matrix;
a first alignment layer over the pixel electrode;
a second substrate facing the first substrate;
a second alignment layer over the second substrate; and
a rubbing direction of the second alignment layer corresponding to a first direction from the first sloped side to the second sloped side.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the black matrix includes a third sloped side and a fourth sloped side such that the first and third sloped sides from a first internal acute angle with respect to the second substrate that is less than a second internal acute angle that the second and fourth sloped sides make with respect to the second substrate.
3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the first sloped side is adjacent to the second and third sloped sides.
4. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer between the thin film transistor and the black matrix.
5. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter layer on the black matrix, the color filter layer includes red, green and blue sub-color filters, each of the red, green and blue sub-color filters is located to the pixel region.
6. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter layer underneath the black matrix, the color filter layer includes red, green and blue sub-color filters, each of the red, green and blue sub-color filters is located at the pixel region.
7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein a thickness of the black matrix corresponds to a cell gap that is defined by a thickness of the liquid crystal layer.