Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorsJang Jin Yoo, Do Hee Kwon, Hyun Ho Shin
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Abstract
An LCD device is disclosed, which improves color characteristics and gray inversion regardless of a viewing angle. The LCD device includes a first electrode on a first substrate having a plurality of slit patterns, a second electrode on a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer having different alignment directions by each slit pattern, and at least one light-shielding layer below the first electrode.
Claims13
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- an insulating filni on a first substrate;
- a first electrode having a plurality of slit patterns directly contacting the insulating film;
- at least one light-shielding layer on the first substrate and below each slit pattern;
- a second electrode on a second substrate;
- and
- a liquid, crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer having different alignment directions by each slit pattern,
- wherein the light-shielding layer includes a black matrix, and
- wherein both the first electrodes and the light-shielding layer are within a same unit pixel region.
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- an insulating film on a first substrate;
- a first electrode having a plurality of slit patterns directly contacting the insulating film;
- at least one light-shielding layer on the first substrate below the first electrode and the slit patterns;
- a second electrode on a second substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer having different alignment directions by each slit pattern,
- wherein the light-shielding layer includes a black matrix, and
- wherein both the first electrode and the light-shielding layer are within a same unit pixel region.
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device on first and second substrates, comprising:
- forming at least one light-shielding layer on the first substrate;
- forming an insulating layer on the entire surface of the first substrate and on the at least one light-shielding layer;
- forming a first electrode directly on the insulating layer, the first electrode having a plurality of slit patterns over the light-shielding layer;
- forming a second electrode on the second substrate;
- assembling the first and second substrates;
- and
- forming a liquid crystal layer having different alignment directions by each slit pattern between the first and second substrates,
- wherein the light-shielding layer includes a black matrix,
- wherein both the first electrode and the light-shielding layer are within a same unit pixel region.
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