Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method therefor

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• upper and lower substrates having electrodes formed thereon and facing each other;
• liquid crystal material held between said upper and lower substrates;
• a first alignment layer formed on said upper and lower substrates and formed of a material which aligns longer axes of molecules of said liquid crystal material parallel to each plane of said substrates and is aligned parallel to a rubbing direction;
• and
• a second alignment layer pattern formed on said first alignment layer and formed of a material which aligns longer axes of molecules of said liquid crystal material parallel to each plane of said substrates and is aligned perpendicular to said rubbing direction.

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• upper and lower substrates having electrodes formed thereon and facing each other;
• liquid crystal material held between said upper and lower substrates;
• a first alignment layer pattern formed on a plurality of first regions of said upper and lower substrates, and formed of a first alignment material which aligns longer axes of molecules of said liquid crystal material parallel to each plane of said substrates and is aligned parallel to a rubbing direction;
• and
• a second alignment layer pattern formed on a plurality of second regions alternating with said first regions, and formed of a second alignment material which is different than said first material and aligns longer axes of molecules of said liquid crystal material parallel to each plane of said substrates and is aligned perpendicular to said rubbing direction;
• wherein said first alignment layer and said second alignment layer are arranged in the same plane and rubbed in said rubbing direction at the same time.

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• upper and lower substrates having electrodes formed thereon and facing each other;
• liquid crystal material held between said upper and lower substrates;
• a first alignment layer pattern formed on a plurality of first regions of said upper and lower substrates, and formed of a first alignment material which aligns longer axes of molecules of said liquid crystal material parallel to each plane of said substrates and is aligned parallel to a rubbing direction;
• and
• a second alignment layer pattern formed on a plurality of second regions alternating with said first regions, and formed of a material which aligns longer axes of molecules of said liquid crystal material parallel to each plane of said substrates and is aligned perpendicular to said rubbing direction;
• wherein said first alignment layer pattern and said second alignment layer pattern are arranged in the same plane;
• and
• said first alignment layer pattern is formed of polyimide, and said second alignment layer pattern is formed of one selected from the group consisting of polystyrene and derivatives thereof expressed by the following formula:
• ##STR5## wherein "R" represents C.sub.1-5 alkyl and "X" represents a halogen.