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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Shin-Ichi Terashita, Tenri, JP;
Nobuaki Yamada, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takako Adachi, Tenri, JP;
Akihiro Nammatsu, Tenri, JP;
Seiji Makino, Nara, JP;
Shigeaki Mizushima, Ikoma, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates; a plurality of electrodes for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; a first alignment film provided on a surface of the first substrate in contact with the liquid crystal layer; a second alignment film provided on a surface of the second substrate in contact with the liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of pixels. The liquid crystal layer in each of the pixels includes first and second liquid crystal regions, liquid crystal molecules in the first and the second liquid crystal regions have an identical twisting direction. Pretilt angles of liquid crystal molecules in the first alignment region and the second alignment region on the first and the second alignment films differ from each other, and the liquid crystal display device is fabricated by a method including the step of irradiating light onto a predetermined area of each of the first and the second alignment films in a gas containing an organic compound.