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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2009
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Seino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Kimiaki Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Seino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Kimiaki Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, with a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules between the first and second substrates. A first electrode formed on the first substrate and a second electrode formed on the second substrate. An alignment layer is formed on at least one of the substrates, and a polymer is formed on the alignment layer. The liquid crystal molecules are tilted when no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal molecules. The first electrode has a plurality of stripe-like electrode patterns, and the stripe-like electrode patterns have a width that is wider than a width of a space between adjacent strip-like electrode patterns.