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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A curved display device includes: a display substrate curved along a first direction; an opposing substrate coupled with the display substrate and curved together with the display substrate; and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules interposed between the display substrate and the opposing substrate, where the opposing substrate includes: a common electrode; and a first alignment layer disposed on the common electrode and which aligns a first portion of the liquid crystal molecules at a first pre-tilt angle, and the display substrate includes: a pixel electrode disposed in each of a plurality of pixel areas, where a slit is defined in the pixel electrode; and a second alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode and which aligns a second portion of the liquid crystal molecules at a second pre-tilt angle, which is greater than the first pre-tilt angle.