Ferroelectric liquid crystal display
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1. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- forming a first alignment film having a first surface polarity on a first substrate;
forming a second alignment film having a second surface polarity on a second substrate, wherein the second surface polarity is different from the first surface polarity;
spacing the first and second substrates apart by a gap;
providing a ferroelectric liquid crystal between the first and second substrates; and
aligning the ferroelectric liquid crystal by an internal electric field across the ferroelectric liquid crystal, wherein the different surface polarities induce the internal electric field and the ferroelectric liquid crystal phase-changes into a smectic phase during the alignment of the ferroelectric liquid crystal.
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Abstract
A ferroelectric liquid crystal display having alignment films with different surface polarities. The alignment films induce an internal electric field through the liquid crystal. Because of the induced internal electric field, initial liquid crystal alignment, and subsequent liquid crystal alignments, can be performed without an externally applied electric field.
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1. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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forming a first alignment film having a first surface polarity on a first substrate; forming a second alignment film having a second surface polarity on a second substrate, wherein the second surface polarity is different from the first surface polarity; spacing the first and second substrates apart by a gap; providing a ferroelectric liquid crystal between the first and second substrates; and aligning the ferroelectric liquid crystal by an internal electric field across the ferroelectric liquid crystal, wherein the different surface polarities induce the internal electric field and the ferroelectric liquid crystal phase-changes into a smectic phase during the alignment of the ferroelectric liquid crystal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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