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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Shui-Chih Alan Lien, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Alessandro C. Callegari, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Paul S. Andry, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);
Praveen Chaudhari, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
James A. Lacey, Mahopac, NY (US);
Sampath Purushothaman, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James P. Doyle, Bronx, NY (US);
Eileen A. Galligan, Fishkill, NY (US);
Richard A. John, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
John J. Ritsko, Mt. Kisko, NY (US);
Yuhichi Momoi, Kamakura, JP;
Christopher Jahnes, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A liquid crystal display cell having liquid crystal molecules positioned in a vertical or a substantially vertical alignment is provided. The liquid crystal display cell includes at least two substantially homogeneous fluorinated alignment layers disposed on transparent electrodes; a liquid crystal layer of liquid crystal molecules disposed between the alignment layers; and, a means of applying voltage across the transparent electrodes. Methods for forming these liquid crystal display cells are also provided.