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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Nobuaki Yamada, Higashiosaka, JP;
Nobukazu Nagae, Tenri, JP;
Noriaki Onishi, Nara, JP;
Shuichi Kozaki, Nara, JP;
Masayuki Okamoto, Tenri, JP;
Motohiro Yamahara, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Kondo, Nara-ken, JP;
Wataru Horie, Hashimoto, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a display medium layer is sandwiched between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate. In the display medium layer, resin walls are respectively formed in regions other than those where a plurality of segmented electrodes are formed, and liquid crystal portions are respectively formed in regions between the respective resin walls, corresponding to those where the segmented electrodes are formed. Disclination lines are formed on the interfaces between the resin walls and the liquid crystal regions. In a liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal regions are radially oriented and at least one liquid crystal domain is formed in each liquid crystal region.