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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Shingo Kataoka, Osaka, JP;
Arihiro Takeda, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Seino, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Osaka, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Osaka, JP;
Takatoshi Mayama, Osaka, JP;
Kimiaki Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Chida, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Doi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyasu Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, with a liquid crystal layer sealed therebetween. The device also includes a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, a first molecule orientation film formed on the first substrate so as to cover the first electrode, a second molecule orientation film formed on the second substrate so as to cover the second electrode, and a plurality of micro structures associated with at least one of the first and second electrodes, wherein at least some of the micro structures extend generally parallel to each other. When a driving voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are oriented such that no dark line occurs in a vicinity of the plurality of micro structures and no dark line occurs between adjacent micro structures.