HOMEOTROPIC AND HYBRID ALIGNMENT TYPES OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

The present invention is intended to eliminate any leakage of light which would occur, while in a black display state, due to a disordered alignment of liquid crystals around a pixel electrode in a liquid crystal device and to provide an improved contrast. The leakage of light around pixels can be suppressed and the contrast can be improved, for example, by rubbing the surface in a direction at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to any of the edges of a square pixel electrode 25 (a direction shown by the arrow 30) in a homeotropic type liquid crystal device.