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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaaki Matsunaga, Sayama, JP;
Hiroshi Maruyama, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 76 ; 359 62 ;
Abstract
Disclosed in a ferroelectric liquid crystal display element in which oblique alignment layers are inclined with respect to a substrate surface and have opposite inclination directions which are formed on opposing surfaces of a pair of substrates having transparent electrodes. A ferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between the substrates. The liquid crystal is injected into the space between the substrates only in a direction opposite to the inclination direction of the oblique alignment layers.