A liquid crystal display device (LCD) is provided, in which a first alignment layer is formed to have at least a pair of domains having alignment directions that are perpendicular to each other on a unit pixel, a second alignment layer is formed in the same direction as the first alignment layer, an
A liquid crystal display device (LCD) is provided, in which a first alignment layer is formed to have at least a pair of domains having alignment directions that are perpendicular to each other on a unit pixel, a second alignment layer is formed in the same direction as the first alignment layer, and an optically compensated bend (OCB) mode liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second alignment layers to have at least a pair of domains having alignment directions that are perpendicular to each other, so that horizontal and vertical viewing angles can be improved and phase transition voltage can be lowered.
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What is claimed is: 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate including a first alignment layer and a first electrode disposed on one surface thereof; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate and including a second alignment layer and a second electrode disposed on
What is claimed is: 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate including a first alignment layer and a first electrode disposed on one surface thereof; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate and including a second alignment layer and a second electrode disposed on one surface thereof; and an optically compensated bend (OCB) mode liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein an alignment layer formed on a unit pixel of the first alignment layer includes at least a pair of rubbed domains having alignment directions perpendicular to each other, the perpendicular alignment directions defined through rubbing, the unit pixel being one of red, green and blue pixels, and the second alignment layer is formed in a same direction as the first alignment layer, and wherein one of the domains has one alignment direction among a first alignment direction corresponding to rubbing the first alignment layer from an upper-left end of the unit pixel toward a lower-right end thereof, a second alignment direction corresponding to rubbing the first alignment layer from a lower-left end of the unit pixel toward an upper-right end thereof, a third alignment direction corresponding to rubbing the first alignment layer from the upper-right end toward the lower-left end, and a fourth alignment direction corresponding to rubbing the first alignment layer from the lower-right end toward the upper-left end, and each of the domains has an alignment direction different from the alignment directions of other ones of the domains. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein one of the domains of the first alignment layer and a corresponding one of the domains of the second alignment layer, are rubbed in a same direction. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second alignment layers provides a pretilt angle of 5�� to 20�� to liquid crystals of the liquid crystal layer. 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second alignment layers has a thickness of 500 to 1000 Å. 5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first polarizer disposed on the other surface of the first substrate; and a biaxial compensation film and a second polarizer disposed on the other surface of the second substrate. 6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the first and second polarizers have polarization axes perpendicular to each other. 7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal layer has a thickness of 1.5 to 2.5 μm. 8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystals with positive dielectric anisotropy. 9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode is formed of a transparent conductive material. 10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode is formed of one selected from an indium tin oxide (ITO) and an indium zinc oxide (IZO). 11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode has a thickness of 1000 to 3000 Å. 12. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a light source device disposed on the other surface of the first substrate. 13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the light source device includes a reflector sheet, a diffuser sheet, and a light emitting diode (LED). 14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the LED comprises a red (R) LED, a green (G) LED and/or a blue (B) LED. 15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the LED is a white (W) LED. 16. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a color filter interposed between the second electrode and the second substrate. 17. The device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes OCB mode liquid crystals.
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