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US5612803A
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Liquid crystal display device with polymeric walls and a production method for the same
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1995-05-25
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Granted: 1997-03-18
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Expires: 2015-05-25
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a pair of electrode substrates and a display medium sandwiched between the electrode substrates and including a polymeric wall and liquid crystal regions at least partly surrounded by the polymeric wall. In this liquid crystal display device, the polymeric wall is tightly attached to both the electrode substrates. Furthermore, the invention also provides a method for producing a liquid crystal display device including a pair of electrode substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and a display medium including a polymeric wall and liquid crystal regions at least partly surrounded by the polymeric wall and sandwiched between the electrode substrates. This method includes the steps of injecting a mixture including liquid crystal and a photopolymerizable material between the electrode substrates; and irradiating the mixture with light having light intensity distribution so as to cause phase-separation between the liquid crystal and the photopolymerizable material, thereby forming the liquid crystal regions in weakly irradiated areas.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuaki Yamada
- 👤 Masahiko Kondo
- 👤 Masayuki Okamoto
- 👤 Shuichi Kozaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:44
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/133377; G02F2202/00; G02F2202/02; G02F2202/022; G02F2202/023
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device including a pair of electrode substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and a display medium including a polymeric wall and liquid crystal regions at least partly surrounded by the polymeric wall and sandwiched between the electrode substrates, the method comprising the steps of: injecting, between said electrode substrates, a mixture including liquid crystal and a photopolymerizable material, when a phase state of said liquid crystal is one of an isotropic phase and a nematic phase; heating said substrates and injected mixture until said liquid crystal is in the isotropic phase; cooling said substrates and injected mixture until said liquid crystal is in the nematic phase; and irradiating the mixture with light having a light intensity distribution so as to cause phase-separation between the liquid crystal and the photopolymerizable material, thereby forming the liquid crystal regions in weakly irradiated areas.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device including a pair of electrode substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and a display medium including a polymeric wall and liquid crystal regions at least partly surrounded by the polymeric wall and sandwiched between the electrode substrates, the method comprising the steps of: injecting, between said electrode substrates, a mixture including liquid crystal and a photopolymerizable material, when a phase state of said liquid crystal is one of an isotropic phase and a nematic phase; heating said substrates and injected mixture until said liquid crystal is in the isotropic phase; cooling said substrates and injected mixture until said liquid crystal is in the nematic phase; and irradiating the mixture with light having a light intensity distribution so as to cause phase-separation between the liquid crystal and the photopolymerizable material, thereby forming the liquid crystal regions in weakly irradiated areas.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the light intensity distribution is provided by using a photomask.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the mixture is photopolymerized when the liquid crystal is in one of states of an isotropic phase and a nematic phase, and then, the liquid crystal is allowed to be in one of states of a smectic phase and the nematic phase, while causing photopolymerization in the mixture again.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein light with a wavelength of 350 nm or more is used in the step of irradiating the mixture.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device including a pair of electrode substrates at least one of which is transparent, a polymeric wall formed in a pattern between the electrode substrates and liquid crystal regions at least partly surrounded by the polymeric wall, the method comprising the steps of: injecting a mixture between the electrodes, the mixture including at least liquid crystal, photopolymerizable liquid crystal including a polymerizable functional group in its molecule and a chiral agent including a polymerizable functional group in its molecule; and irradiating the transparent electrode substrate with light having a regular intensity distribution to cause phase-separation between the liquid crystal and the photopolymerizable liquid crystal through a photopolymerization reaction, thereby forming the polymeric wall including at least part of the chiral agent and the liquid crystal regions.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of producing a liquid crystal display device including a pair of electrode substrates at least one of which is transparent, a polymeric wall formed in a pattern between the electrode substrates and liquid crystal regions at least partly surrounded by the polymeric wall, the method comprising the steps of: injecting a mixture between the electrodes, the mixture including at least liquid crystal, photopolymerizable liquid crystal including a polymerizable functional group in its molecule and a chiral agent including a polymerizable functional group in its molecule; and irradiating the transparent electrode substrate with light having a regular intensity distribution to cause phase-separation between the liquid crystal and the photopolymerizable liquid crystal through a photopolymerization reaction, thereby forming the polymeric wall including at least part of the chiral agent and the liquid crystal regions.
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