LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal cell of a totally new type in which adverse effect given by a conventional polarizing plate on display quality, moisture resistance, heat resistance and so on is reduced by utilizing a technique to form a polarizing plate with printing and a process for manufacturing the same. SOLUTION: Transparent electrodes 2, SiO2films 3, polarizing films 4 and alignment layers 5 are laminated in this order on the inner sides of two sheets of glass substrates 1, a thin layer of a liquid crystal material 6 is interposed in between and the cell is air-tightly sealed by making a sealant 7 surround the periphery. The polarizing film 4 is film formed by using an aqueous solution of a dichroic dye as ink, applying the ink to a plate with many fine grooves along a printing direction so as to form a thin film and transferring and applying the thin film from the plate to the SiO2film. Liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal material 6 directly come into contact with the alignment layer 5. A cell gap corresponding to layer thickness of the liquid crystal material 6 is controlled with diameters of spacers 8. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI