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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1997
Masahiko Kondo, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Kume, Nara, JP;
Makoto Shiomi, Tenri, JP;
Wataru Horie, Hashimoto, JP;
Nobuaki Yamada, Higashiosaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method of the present invention for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal region surrounded by a polymer material, includes the steps of: attaching a pair of substrates to each other, each having at least an electrode film; disposing a precursor mixture containing a liquid crystal material, a polymerizable resin material and a polymerization initiator, between the pair of substrate; precipitating a liquid crystal droplet by varying a temperature of the precursor mixture; growing the precipitated liquid crystal droplet; curing the polymerizable resin material at a temperature allowing the liquid crystal droplet to be 80% or more of a pixel in size and to be independently present within a pixel region; and applying an external field across the substrates to pre-tilt the molecules of the liquid crystal droplet.