Hitachi, Ltd.

Michio Oue

Hideaki Kawakami

Takahiro Nagano

Kishiro Iwasaki

Osamu Asai

A liquid crystal display cell being capable of display with liquid crystal molecules aligned towards a predetermined direction has its display characteristics made greatly dependent on the properties of an alignment film coming into contact with the molecules of the liquid crystal. A louver having a predetermined angle is disposed between the substrate on which the alignment film is to be formed and an evaporation material source to pass a material evaporated from the evaporation material for deposition onto the substrate. The thus formed film exhibits a very great orientation controlling power of biaxial anisotropy. This forming method of the alignment film also allows the easy formation of the alignment film on a large substrate.

Method of forming alignment film for liquid crystal display cell

A sintered, non-linear voltage titanium oxide resistance element, including, as a principal component, titanium oxide, to which are added niobium oxide and bismuth oxide.

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Hitachi, Japan

Michio Oue