Method for producing selected alignment in liquid crystal cells
CA 1085945 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Gibson, Roy M.; Sprokel, Gerard J.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A method of treating the surface of substrates used in liquid crystal display cells so that the surface forces the alignment of the liquid crystal layer to be either parallel with the substrate wall or perpendicular to it. The method includes the step of forming free radicals of either oxygen or fluorine in a radio frequency plasma and exposing the glass or tin doped indium oxide (ITO) substrate to the reaction products of the plasma in such a manner that electron or ion bombardment is avoided. When oxygen radicals only are employed the, surface forces parallel alignment. When the oxygen treatment is followed by exposure to fluorine free radicals the surface …
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- Granted September 16, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 16, 1997.
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