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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Akiyoshi Fujii, Nara, JP;
Tadashi Kawamura, Tenri, JP;
Yuichiro Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate placed to face the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal layer further includes: a splay-aligned region in which a transformation from splay alignment to bend alignment or from bend alignment to splay alignment occurs according to a voltage applied; and a nucleation region serving as a nucleation site for initiating the transformation to occur in the splay-aligned region. A plurality of first splay-aligned regions include two first splay-aligned regions connected to each other via one of a plurality of second splay-aligned regions.