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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1995
Hirohide Fukumoto, Kagoshima, JP;
Junichi Ushirono, Kagoshima, JP;
Minoru Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kataoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device minimized in image retention phenomenon, comprising: a first insulating substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix and a first alignment film provided on the inner surface thereof, said insulating substrate comprising a plurality of thin film transistors associated with each of the pixel electrodes; a second insulating substrate disposed opposed to the first insulating substrate, said second insulating substrate having facing electrodes and a second alignment film formed on the inner surface thereof; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second insulating substrates; and at least one of the first and the second alignment films having a thickness of 60 nm or less.