dummy region 10032.
After the first mother substrate 10020 with the thin film transistor array substrates 1001 formed thereon and the second mother substrate 10030 with the color filter substrates 1002 formed thereon are attached, the liquid crystal panels are cut. At this time, the first dummy region 10031 formed at the portion where the color filter substrates 1002 of the second mother substrate 10030 are separated and the second dummy region 10032 separating the unit liquid crystal panels are simultaneously removed.
Manufacturing an LCD device typically involves providing a first and second substrate having thin-film transistors, drive circuits, color filters and other electrical and optical features formed thereon. Then, an alignment film or alignment layer is provided on one of the two substrates, and the alignment layer is rubbedupper substrate 1013 by the color filter process (S104).
After applying orientation films to the upper and lower substrates 1013 and 1015, the orientation films are rubbed to supply an orientation regulating force or surface securing force (that is, a pre-tilt angle and orientation) to the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer formed between the upper and lower substrates 1013 and 1015 (S102, S105).
Next, after spacers for maintaining a constant cell gap are scattered on the lower substrate 1015, and a sealing material 1019 is applied to an outer periphery of the upper substrate 1013, the upper and lower substrates 1013 and 1015 are attached to each other by pressing them together (S103, S106, S107).
Each of the upper and lower substrates 1013 and 1015 is generally formed