IP Library Granted Patent US 9,257,458
Granted Patent B2
US 9,257,458 · App. 13/966,823 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Tomoyuki Shiromoto (Chiba, JP); Toshirou Iwata (Chosei, JP); Rai Yang (Chiba, JP); Shinichi Soto (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co. Ltd.
H01L27/1292G02F1/133753G02F2001/133388
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Patent No.
US 9,257,458
App. No.
13/966,823
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate with display and peripheral regions. The display region has pixels each having a pixel electrode and a TFT. A counter substrate opposes the TFT substrate and has a color filter formed at a position corresponding to a position at which the pixel electrode is formed above the TFT substrate. The method includes coating, outside of the display region of the TFT substrate, a second alignment film in the shape of a frame, and coating, in the display region, a first alignment film that dries more slowly than the second alignment film. The first and second alignment films are in contact, and the second alignment film is thicker than the first alignment film.

Claims (21)

1. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, the display region including pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel comprising a pixel electrode and a TFT; and a counter substrate opposed to the TFT substrate, the counter substrate including a color filter formed at a position corresponding to a position at which the pixel electrode is formed above the TFT substrate, the TFT substrate being bonded to the counter substrate by way of a seal member in a seal portion located at the periphery, the method comprising the steps of:

coating, at the periphery outside of the display region of the TFT substrate, a second alignment film in the shape of a frame, the second alignment film is coated to be in contact with the sealing member;

coating, in the display region, a first alignment film such that the first alignment film is in contact with the second alignment film; and

wherein the thickness of the second alignment film is made larger than the thickness of the first alignment film.

2. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first alignment film is coated by ink jet printing.

3. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first alignment film has a drying characteristic such that the first alignment film dries more slowly than the second alignment film.

4. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second alignment film is coated by ink jet printing.

5. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first alignment film has a drying characteristic such that the first alignment film dries more slowly than the second alignment film.

6. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first alignment film is coated by ink jet printing.

7. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a TFT substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, the display region including pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel comprising a pixel electrode and a TFT; and a counter substrate opposed to the TFT substrate, the counter substrate including a color filter formed at a position corresponding to a position at which the pixel electrode is formed above the TFT substrate, the counter substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, the TFT substrate being bonded to the counter substrate by way of a seal member in a seal portion located at the periphery, the method comprising the steps of:

coating, at the periphery outside of the display region of the TFT substrate, a second alignment film in the shape of a frame;

coating, in the display region, a first alignment film such that the first alignment film is in contact with the second alignment film;

coating, at the periphery outside of the display region of the counter substrate, a fourth alignment film in the shape of a frame, the fourth film is coated to be in contact with the sealing member; and

coating, in the display region of the counter substrate, a third alignment film such that the third alignment film is in contact with the fourth alignment film,

wherein the thickness of the fourth alignment film is made larger than the thickness of the third alignment film, and

the bonding the TFT substrate and the counter substrate is performed by way of the seal member.

8. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the third alignment film is coated by ink jet printing.

9. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 , wherein the third alignment film has a drying characteristic such that the first alignment film dries more slowly than the fourth alignment film.

10. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth alignment film is coated by ink jet printing.

11. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the third alignment film has a characteristic such that the first alignment film dries more slowly than the fourth alignment film.

12. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the third alignment film is coated by ink jet printing.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 7, 2014
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 032837/0220 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 7, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032837/0548 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-007068 · Jan 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13004056 · Jan 11, 2011
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