Seal pattern for liquid crystal display device and related method
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorJae-Gyu Jeong
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Abstract
A seal pattern includes a plurality of main seal lines, a first auxiliary seal line including a plurality of first openings and surrounding the plurality of main seal lines, a second auxiliary seal including a plurality of second openings and surrounding the first auxiliary seal line, and a plurality of third auxiliary seal lines positioned between the first and second openings. The third auxiliary seal lines pass only gas such as air and the main seal lines are protected from being damaged from a cleaning detergent or an etchant such as an HF solution during a cleaning and etching process.
Claims54
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a main seal line having a main opening on a substrate;
- a first auxiliary seal line having a first opening;
- a second auxiliary seal line having a second opening;
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- a third auxiliary seal line having first and second portions between the first and second openings.
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates comprising:
- forming a main seal line on the first substrate;
- forming a first auxiliary seal line on the first substrate, the first auxiliary seal line having a first opening;
- forming a second auxiliary seal line on the first substrate, the second auxiliary seal line having a second opening;
- forming a third auxiliary seal line having first and second portions on the first substrate;
- attaching the first and second substrates;
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- interposing a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.