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US 6,327,011 B2Granted
Liquid crystal display device having thin glass substrate on which protective layer formed and method of making the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorWoong Kwon Kim
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Abstract
The LCD according to present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate, two protective layers including at least one layer formed on outer surface of the first and second substrates, a transparent electrode formed on inner surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, an alignment layer formed on the transparent electrode, and two polarizers attached on the first and second substrates.
Claims25
A thin glass substrate of a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a glass substrate having a transparent electrode on its upper surface and configured to be coupled with another substrate to enclose a liquid crystal, the glass substrate having a chemically etched back surface;
- and
- at least one transparent protective layer on the back surface of the glass substrate to reinforce the glass substrate for preventing cracks which occur due to an external impact, the at least one transparent protective layer including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp.
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate coupled with the first glass substrate, at least one of the first and second glass substrates having a chemically etched outer surface;
- a transparent protective layer on the chemically etched outer surface, the transparent protective layer reinforcing the at least one of the first and second glass substrates to prevent cracks which may occur due to an external impact, the transparent protective layer including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp;
- a transparent electrode on an inner surface of each of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
- an alignment layer on each transparent electrode;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate.
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A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate coupled with the first glass substrate, at least one of the first and second glass substrates having a chemically etched surface;
- a transparent protective layer formed on an outer surface of at least one of the first and second glass substrates, the transparent protective layer reinforcing at least one of the first and second glass substrates to prevent cracks which occur due to an external impact, the transparent protective layer including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp;
- a transparent electrode on an inner surface of each of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
- an alignment layer formed on each transparent electrode;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate.
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A thin glass substrate of a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a glass substrate having a transparent electrode on its upper surface and having a chemically etched back surface;
- and
- a transparent protective layer on the back surface of the glass substrate, the transparent protective layer including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp.
A method of manufacturing a thin glass substrate of a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a glass substrate;
- processing the glass substrate to reduce the weight of the glass substrate, including chemically etching a back surface of the glass substrate;
- and
- forming a protective layer on the back surface of the glass substrate, the protective layer reinforcing the glass substrate to prevent cracks which may occur due to an external impact, the protective layer including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp.
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A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate;
- forming a transparent electrode on an inner surface of each of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
- forming an alignment layer on each transparent electrode;
- assembling the first and second glass substrates;
- forming a liquid crystal layer between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate;
- processing at least one of the first and second glass substrates to reduce the weight of the glass substrate;
- and
- forming a transparent protective layer on an outer surface of at least one of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, the transparent protective layer reinforcing the at least one of the first and second glass substrates to prevent cracks which occur due to an external impact, the transparent protective layer including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp.
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A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a glass;
- forming a glass substrate having a chemically etched surface by processing the surface of the glass;
- and
- forming a transparent protective layer on the processed surface of the glass substrate, the transparent protective layer including an organic layer and an inorganic layer, the organic layer having a thermosetting resin and a viscosity coefficient of the thermosetting resin being several cp to several ten cp.
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