Claims
- 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a lower substrate and an upper substrate; a sealant between the lower and upper substrates, the sealant having a portion for controlling a liquid crystal flow at least two corner regions; and a liquid crystal layer between the lower and upper substrates.
- 2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the sealant has the portion for controlling a liquid crystal flow at four corner regions.
- 3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the portion has a polygonal shape.
- 4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the portion has a round shape.
- 5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the portion has a rectangular shape.
- 6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the portion has a square shape.
- 7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the portion has a triangular shape.
- 8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprising a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode on the lower substrate.
- 9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprising a light-shielding layer and a color filter layer on the upper substrate.
- 10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 9, wherein a portion of the light-shielding layer corresponds to at least one portion of the sealant for controlling the liquid crystal flow.
- 11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 8, further comprising a common electrode on the lower substrate.
- 12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 8, further comprising a common electrode on the upper substrate.
- 13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprising spacers between the lower and upper substrates.
- 14. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
an upper substrate and a lower substrate attached to one another by a sealant, the sealant and the upper and lower substrates forming an enclosed volume; and liquid crystal in the enclosed volume between the upper and lower substrates; wherein a portion of the sealant forms at least one reservoir outside an active area of the liquid crystal display device.
- 15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14 having two reservoirs.
- 16. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, wherein the reservoir has a polygonal shape.
- 17. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, wherein the reservoir has a round shape.
- 18. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, wherein the reservoir has a rectangular shape.
- 19. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, wherein the reservoir has a square shape.
- 20. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, wherein the reservoir has a triangular shape.
- 21. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, further comprising a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode on the lower substrate.
- 22. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, further comprising a light-shielding layer and a color filter layer on the upper substrate.
- 23. The liquid crystal display device of claim 22, wherein a portion of the light-shielding layer corresponds to at least one portion of the sealant for controlling the liquid crystal flow.
- 24. The liquid crystal display device of claim 21, further comprising a common electrode on the lower substrate.
- 25. The liquid crystal display device of claim 22, further comprising a common electrode on the upper substrate.
- 26. The liquid crystal display device of claim 14, further comprising spacers between the lower and upper substrates.
- 27. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device comprising:
preparing a lower substrate and an upper substrate; forming a sealant having a portion for controlling a liquid crystal flow in at least two corner regions on one of the lower and upper substrates; applying the liquid crystal on one of the lower and upper substrates; attaching the substrates to each other; and curing the sealant.
- 28. The liquid crystal display device of claim 27, wherein the portion has a polygonal shape.
- 29. The method of claim 27, wherein the portion has a round shape.
- 30. The method of claim 27, wherein the portion has a rectangular shape.
- 31. The method of claim 27, wherein the portion has a square shape.
- 32. The method of claim 27, wherein the portion has a triangular shape.
- 33. The method of claim 27, wherein forming the sealant is performed by a dispensing method.
- 34. The method of claim 27, wherein the sealant is at least partially curable by UV light and wherein the curing the sealant is at least partially performed by irradiating UV light upon the attached substrates.
- 35. The method of claim 34, wherein irradiating the UV light includes covering an active region of the liquid crystal display device with a mask.
- 36. The method of claim 34, further comprising performing a heating process after irradiating the UV light.
- 37. The method of claim 29, wherein the sealant is at least partially curable by heat and wherein the curing the sealant is at least partially performed by heating the attached substrates.
- 38. The method of claim 29, further comprising performing a cleaning process after forming the sealant.
- 39. The method of claim 27, further comprising performing a cell cutting process after curing the sealant.
- 40. The method of claim 27, wherein the sealant is formed on the upper substrate and the liquid crystal is applied onto the lower substrate.
- 41. The method of claim 27, wherein the sealant is formed on the lower substrate and the liquid crystal is applied onto the upper substrate.
- 42. The method of claim 27, wherein the applying the liquid crystal includes dropping the liquid crystal onto the one of the upper and lower substrates.
- 43. The method of claim 42, wherein the liquid crystal is dropped in a predetermined pattern onto the one of the upper and lower substrates.
Priority Claims (1)
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2002-15079 |
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Parent Case Info
[0001] This application incorporates by reference two co-pending applications, Ser. No. ______, filed on Jun. 28, 2002, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES” (Attorney Docket Number 8733.666.00) and Ser. No. ______, filed on Jun. 28, 2002, entitled “SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME” (8733.684.00), as if fully set forth herein.