Patent ID: 8698984
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G02B,G02F,G03F

Abstract:
1. A color filter that has a plurality of pixels aligned in a matrix in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and that has pixels of the same color aligned in the first direction, the color filter comprising: a substrate; a light shielding layer which is lattice-shaped for separating, on the substrate, a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of pixels, respectively; a plurality of colored layers formed so as to cover the plurality of openings; and a plurality of photo spacers formed on the plurality of colored layers, wherein thickness of the colored layers is not uniform at least near both end portions in the first direction in a pair of areas extending, outside a rectangular area in which the plurality of openings are aligned, along sides of the rectangular area in the second direction, and the plurality of photo spacers are formed on the plurality of colored layers such that the central axis of each photo spacer is positioned only in a range of positions that are distant by 300 μm or less from a side which forms an outer circumference of the openings, and which is closest to a corresponding one of the pair of areas.