In-plane-switching mode liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same with nematic liquid crystal molecule layer driven in-plane by molecules of sandwiching ferroelectric layers rotating along a virtual cone
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorSu Seok Choi
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Abstract
An in-plane-switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a first ferroelectric liquid crystal layer on a first substrate, a second ferroelectric liquid crystal layer on a second substrate, the first and second substrates being bonded to each other with a space therebetween, and a nematic liquid crystal layer at the space between the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers, the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers including a photo-polymerizational monomer.
Claims21
An in-plane-switching mode liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a first ferroelectric liquid crystal layer including first ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules on a first substrate;
- a second ferroelectric liquid crystal layer including second ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules on a second substrate, the first and second substrates being bonded to each other with a space therebetween;
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- a nematic liquid crystal layer including nematic liquid crystal molecules at the space between the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers, the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers including a photo-polymerizational monomer,
- wherein the nematic liquid crystal layer is substantially driven in plane by the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers,
- wherein the molecules of the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers rotate along a virtual cone, are driven in plane, and induce the in-plane-drive of the nematic liquid crystal molecules.
A method of fabricating an in-plane-switching mode liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- forming a first ferroelectric liquid crystal layer including first ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules on a first substrate;
- forming a second ferroelectric liquid crystal layer including second ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules on a second substrate, the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers including a photo-polymerizational monomer;
- attaching the first and second substrates to each other with a space therebetween;
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- forming a nematic liquid crystal layer including nematic liquid crystal molecules at the space between the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers,
- wherein the nematic liquid crystal layer is substantially driven in plane by the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers,
- wherein the molecules of the first and second ferroelectric liquid crystal layers rotate along a virtual cone, are driven in plane, and induce the in-plane-drive of the nematic liquid crystal molecules.
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