Patent ID: 6259200
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
An active-matrix display apparatus comprising:a first transparent insulating substrate having signal lines and gate lines which intersect each other, bottom-gate type thin-film transistors arranged at each intersection, pixel electrodes arranged in each of an aperture surrounded by the signal lines and gate lines and connected to the corresponding thin-film transistor, and a light-shielding film which is arranged beneath the signal lines and the pixel electrode and which reaches at least the edge portion of the pixel electrode adjacent to the signal line, wherein the light-shielding film is formed concurrently with, and of the same material as, the gate line;a second transparent insulating substrate secured to the first transparent insulating substrate with a predetermined gap kept between the first and second transparent insulating substrates, wherein the second transparent insulating substrate is provided with a transparent opposing electrode; andan electro-optical material held in the gap.