Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorJong Woo Kim
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates including a plurality of liquid crystal display panel regions, each liquid crystal display panel region having an active region and a dummy region, a sealant outside the liquid crystal display panel regions, a dummy column spacer on the dummy region to control a liquid crystal flow, a buffer region between the sealant and the dummy column spacer to accommodate a liquid crystal, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
Claims39
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- first and second substrates including a plurality of liquid crystal display panel regions, each liquid crystal display panel region having an active region and a dummy region;
- a sealant outside the liquid crystal display panel regions;
- a dummy column spacer on the dummy region to control a liquid crystal flow;
- a buffer region between the sealant and the dummy column spacer to accommodate a liquid crystal;
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- a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
The device of claim, 8, wherein the at least one opening has a different size.
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- forming a buffer region at a dummy region of a plurality of liquid crystal display panel regions on a first substrate, each liquid crystal display panel region having active and dummy regions;
- forming a liquid crystal on the active region;
- forming a dummy column spacer controlling a liquid crystal flow on a dummy region of a plurality of liquid crystal display panel regions on a second substrate, each liquid crystal display panel region having active and dummy regions;
- forming a sealant outside the liquid crystal display panel region of one of the first and second substrates;
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- bonding the first and second substrates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.