Patent ID: 7046327
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, the device comprising, on the first substrate: a gate line; a common line parallel to the gate line; a data line intersecting the gate line while sandwiching a gate insulating film on the gate line therebetween; a first interlayer insulating film coating the data line; and a first orientation film coating the first interlayer insulating film, and the device comprising, on the second substrate: a light shielding film opposite to the gate line; a second interlayer insulating film coating the light shielding film; a columnar spacer located above the gate line apart from an intersection of the gate line and the data line and provided on the second interlayer insulating film; and a second orientation film coating the second interlayer insulating film and the columnar spacer, wherein a center of a top of the columnar spacer is shifted from above a widthwise center of the gate line toward above the common line, and the top of the columnar spacer partially overruns from above the gate line toward above the common line when viewed from the above, the top being directed to the first substrate.