Liquid crystal display panel and fabricating method thereof

Abstract

A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a fabricating method thereof are described. First, a first substrate and a second substrate are provided. A liquid crystal monomer layer is then formed on the surface of at least one of the first and second substrates. Next, a curing step is performed to the liquid crystal monomer layer to induce a polymerization reaction, so as to form a liquid crystal polymer layer. Thereafter, the first and second substrates are assembled and a liquid crystal layer is filled between the first and second substrates.

1 . A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, comprising:
 a first substrate and a second substrate;   at least one liquid crystal polymer layer, disposed on the surface of at least one of the first and the second substrate;   a liquid crystal layer, disposed between the first and the second substrate.   
   
   
       2 . The LCD panel as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the surfaces of the first and the second substrate are comprised of a conductive layer or an insulating layer. 
   
   
       3 . The LCD panel as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is an active device array substrate or a passive matrix substrate, and the second substrate is a color filter substrate or a counter electrode substrate. 
   
   
       4 . The LCD panel as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising at least one alignment layer disposed between the surface of the first substrate and the liquid crystal polymer layer and/or between the surface of the second substrate and the liquid crystal polymer layer. 
   
   
       5 . The LCD panel as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the material of the alignment layer comprises poly vinyl alcohol, polyimide, polyamic acid, azo-benzene, poly vinyl cinnamate, compound containing coumarin group, compound containing chalcone groups, or polyamic acid. 
   
   
       6 . The LCD panel as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the material of the alignment layer comprises diamond-like carbon, SiO x , or SiN x . 
   
   
       7 . The LCD panel as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the alignment layer is a multi-domain alignment layer. 
   
   
       8 . A fabricating method of a LCD panel, comprising:
 providing a first substrate and a second substrate;   forming a liquid crystal monomer layer on the surface of at least one of the first and the second substrate;   performing a curing step to the liquid crystal monomer layer to induce a polymerization reaction, so as to form a liquid crystal polymer layer; and   assembling the first and the second substrate and filling a liquid crystal layer between the first and the second substrate.   
   
   
       9 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the surfaces of the first and the second substrate are comprised of a conductive layer or an insulating layer. 
   
   
       10 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the curing step comprises an illuminating step or a heating step. 
   
   
       11 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the first substrate is an active device array substrate or a passive matrix substrate, and the second substrate is a color filter substrate or a counter electrode substrate. 
   
   
       12 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 8  further comprising performing an alignment process to the surface of at least one of the first and the second substrate before forming the liquid crystal monomer layer on the surface of at least one of the first and the second substrate. 
   
   
       13 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the alignment process comprises a particle beam alignment process, a photo alignment process, or a contact alignment process. 
   
   
       14 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the alignment process is a multi-domain alignment process. 
   
   
       15 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the multi-domain alignment process is performed along with at least one of the particle beam alignment process, the photo alignment process and the contact alignment process. 
   
   
       16 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 8  further comprising forming an alignment layer on the surface of at least one of the first and the second substrate before forming the liquid crystal monomer layer. 
   
   
       17 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the material of the alignment layer comprises poly vinyl alcohol, polyimide, polyamic acid, azo-benzene, poly vinyl cinnamate, compound containing coumarin group, compound containing chalcone groups, or polyamic acid. 
   
   
       18 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the material of the alignment layer comprises diamond-like carbon, SiOx, or SiNx. 
   
   
       19 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 16  further comprising performing a alignment process to the alignment layer after forming the alignment layer on the surface of at least one of the first and the second substrate. 
   
   
       20 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the alignment process comprises a particle beam alignment process, a photo alignment process, or a contact alignment process. 
   
   
       21 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the alignment process is a multi-domain alignment process. 
   
   
       22 . The fabricating method as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the multi-domain alignment process may be performed along with at least one of the particle beam alignment process, the photo alignment process and the contact alignment process.