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Electrooptical device involving a mixture of liquid crystal, photo curable resins and reaction initiating material for forming resinous columns
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd
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Filing: 1994-02-18
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Granted: 1996-08-13
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Expires: 2014-02-18
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal electrooptical device having: a pair of light-transmitting substrates assembled in such a manner that their surfaces having an electrode thereon may face against each other; a liquid crystal material charged between said pair of substrates; and an orienting means on the inner surface of at least one of the substrates to obtain one-direction oriented liquid crystal; thereby allowing the uncured resin to precipitate inside said liquid crystal material and allowing it to solidify into a column to adhere said orienting means or said substrate with the cured resin. A process for fabricating the same device is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Michio Shimizu
- 👤 Toshimitsu Konuma
- 👤 Kouji Moriya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 19:49
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1339
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
An electrooptical device comprising: a pair of substrates assembled in such a manner that a surface of one of said substrates having an electrode thereon may face against a surface of the other of said substrates having an electrode thereon; an electrooptical modulating layer comprising a mixture of liquid crystal material, cured resin and reaction initiator provided between said pair of substrates; an orienting means provided on at least one of the surfaces of said substrates to obtain one-direction oriented liquid crystal; and wherein the cured resin is an adhesive resin precipitated inside the said mixture and solidified into a column to adhere said orienting means or said substrates with the adhesive resin.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
An electrooptical device comprising: a pair of substrates assembled in such a manner that a surface of one of said substrates having an electrode thereon may face against a surface of the other of said substrates having an electrode thereon; an electrooptical modulating layer comprising a mixture of liquid crystal material, cured resin and reaction initiator provided between said pair of substrates; an orienting means provided on at least one of the surfaces of said substrates to obtain one-direction oriented liquid crystal; and wherein the cured resin is an adhesive resin precipitated inside the said mixture and solidified into a column to adhere said orienting means or said substrates with the adhesive resin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device of claim 1 wherein area of the adhesive resin accounts for 0.1 to 20% of total area of a display portion of said device as viewed from said substrates of said device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said adhesive resin comprises an ultraviolet ray hardening resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The device of claim 3 further comprising means for absorbing an ultraviolet ray.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 3 wherein at least one of said substrates absorbs an ultraviolet ray.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
95 words
An electrooptical device comprising: a pair of substrates assembled in such a manner that a surface of one of said substrates having an electrode thereon may face against a surface of the other of said substrates having an electrode thereon; an electrooptical modulating layer comprising a liquid crystal material and a precipitated, cured polymer provided between said pair of substrates, said polymer extending between said pair of substrates in a columnar shape; and at least one polarizing plate provided on at least one of said substrates, wherein said liquid crystal material contains a reaction initiator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
95 words
An electrooptical device comprising: a pair of substrates assembled in such a manner that a surface of one of said substrates having an electrode thereon may face against a surface of the other of said substrates having an electrode thereon; an electrooptical modulating layer comprising a liquid crystal material and a precipitated, cured polymer provided between said pair of substrates, said polymer extending between said pair of substrates in a columnar shape; and at least one polarizing plate provided on at least one of said substrates, wherein said liquid crystal material contains a reaction initiator.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The device of claim 6 further comprising an orienting means provided on at least one of the surfaces of said substrates to obtain one-direction oriented liquid crystal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 7 wherein said electrooptical modulating layer further comprises an adhesive resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 8 wherein said adhesive resin comprises an ultraviolet ray hardening resin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
The device of claim 9 further comprising means for absorbing an ultraviolet ray.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 9 wherein at least one of said substrates absorbs an ultraviolet ray.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device of claim 6 wherein said reaction initiator accounts for 0.001 to 10% of said liquid crystal material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 6 wherein said reaction initiator is cleaved by an ultraviolet ray.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
The device of claim 6 wherein said liquid crystal material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of ferroelectric liquid crystal, antiferroelectric liquid crystal and nematic liquid crystal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 6 further comprising a thin film transistor provided on one of said substrates.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
63 words
A process for fabricating an electro-optical device comprising: preparing a mixture of a liquid crystal, a prepolymer and reaction initiator; introducing said mixture into a space between a pair of substrates; orienting said liquid crystal between said pair of substrates; and then activating said reaction initiator to polymerize said prepolymer into a columnar shape which fixes to respective inside surfaces of said substrates.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
63 words
A process for fabricating an electro-optical device comprising: preparing a mixture of a liquid crystal, a prepolymer and reaction initiator; introducing said mixture into a space between a pair of substrates; orienting said liquid crystal between said pair of substrates; and then activating said reaction initiator to polymerize said prepolymer into a columnar shape which fixes to respective inside surfaces of said substrates.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 16 wherein said mixture further comprises an organic resin.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 17 further comprising the step of separating said liquid crystal material and said reaction initiator.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 17 wherein said organic resin accounts for 0.1 to 20% of said mixture.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 16 wherein said cleaving step is carried out by an ultraviolet ray irradiation.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the precipitated, cured polymer in a columnar shape have irregular sizes.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the precipitated, cured polymer in a columnar shape have differing shapes one from another.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
67 words
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture of a liquid crystal and a curable resin; introducing said mixture into a space between a pair of substrates; orientating said liquid crystal between said pair of substrates; and then curing said resin so that said resin is formed into a columnar shape which fixes to respective inside surfaces of said substrates.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
67 words
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture of a liquid crystal and a curable resin; introducing said mixture into a space between a pair of substrates; orientating said liquid crystal between said pair of substrates; and then curing said resin so that said resin is formed into a columnar shape which fixes to respective inside surfaces of said substrates.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 23, wherein at least one of said pair of substrates has a an orientation control surface.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device comprising the following sequential steps of: preparing a mixture of a liquid crystal and a curable resin; introducing said mixture into a space between a pair of substrates, at least one of said substrates having an orientation control surface wherein said mixture is maintained at a temperature at which said liquid crystal exhibits an isotropic phase during introducing; cooling said mixture so that said liquid crystal is oriented in accordance with said orientation control surface; curing said resin so that said resin is formed into a columnar shape which fixes to respective inside surfaces of said substrates.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device comprising the following sequential steps of: preparing a mixture of a liquid crystal and a curable resin; introducing said mixture into a space between a pair of substrates, at least one of said substrates having an orientation control surface wherein said mixture is maintained at a temperature at which said liquid crystal exhibits an isotropic phase during introducing; cooling said mixture so that said liquid crystal is oriented in accordance with said orientation control surface; curing said resin so that said resin is formed into a columnar shape which fixes to respective inside surfaces of said substrates.
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