Abstract: A multi-domain liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates opposing each other; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of gate lines and data lines formed on the first substrate lengthwise and crosswise to define pixel regions; a pixel electrode formed in the pixel regions; at least one or more electric field induction windows independently formed in the pixel electrode; a common auxiliary electrode formed on a layer equal to the gate lines to surround the pixel regions; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; at least one or more dielectric structures independently formed on the common electrode to distort electric field applied to the liquid crystal layer; and an alignment film formed on at least one of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A multi-domain liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates having pixel regions; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of dielectric structures formed on the first substrate at predetermined intervals; and a pixel electrode having a plurality of electric field induction windows formed to alternate with the dielectric structures.

Abstract: A multi-domain liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a plurality of gate lines on the first substrate in a first direction, a plurality of data lines formed in a second direction to cross the first direction, a plurality of thin film transistors formed in a portion where the gate lines cross the data lines, a plurality of pixel regions divided into at least one or more domains between neighboring gate and data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes in each pixel region to be connected with the thin film transistors, at least one dielectric structure on the second substrate, a plurality of light-shielding layers formed in a boundary region of the domains and a region where the dielectric structure exists, on at least one of the first and second substrates, an alignment film on at least one of the first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal cell having a first substrate with a rubbed layer provided thereon, a second substrate with a photo-aligned layer provided thereon, and a liquid crystal material provided between the substrates.

Abstract: A LC cell is manufactured by the method including the steps of: rubbing a first alignment layer coating a first substrate, such that the first alignment layer has a first pretilt angle associated therewith; exposing said second alignment layer coating a first substrste to light such that said second alignment layer has at least one second pretilt angle associated therewith; and providing a liquid crystal material between said first and second substrates. The materials for the first and second alignment layers include a polyimide and a polysiloxane based material.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal cell and related device includes providing an alignment layer of a light sensitive material on a substrate; and exposing the alighment layer to unpolarized or partially polarized light, to provide pretilt for the molecules of the alighment layer.

Abstract: The present multi-domain liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on the first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on the first substrate to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor positioned at a crossing area of the data bus line and the gate bus line and comprising a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, and source/drain electrodes, a pixel electrode in the pixel region, a light shielding layer on the second substrate, a color filter layer having electric field-distorting recesses on its surface on the light shielding layer, a common electrode having recesses corresponding to the electric field-distorting recesses of the color filter layer, and an alignment layer on at least one substrate between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A LC cell is manufactured by the method including the steps of: rubbing a first alignment layer coating a first substrate, such that the first alignment layer has a first pretilt angle associated therewith; exposing said second alignment layer coating a first substrate to light such that said second alignment layer has at least one second pretilt angle associated therewith; and providing a liquid crystal material between said first and second substrates. The materials for the first and second alignment layers include a polyimide and a polysiloxane based material.