Patent ID: 7948594
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising: providing a first substrate; providing a second substrate having a transparent insulating portion subdivided to have a display area and a non-display area, where the first substrate is to be spaced apart from and cooperatively aligned with in facing relation with the second substrate; forming a transparent conductive layer on the transparent insulating portion of the second substrate such that the formed transparent conductive layer extends over both of the display area and the non-display area of the transparent insulating portion; forming an opaque material layer on the transparent conductive layer such that the formed opaque material layer extends over both of the display area and the non-display area of the transparent insulating portion and such that the formed opaque material layer has a first opaque part with a first thickness disposed in the non-display area and a second opaque part with a smaller second thickness disposed in the display area; simultaneously patterning the transparent conductive layer and the first and second opaque parts of the opaque material layer to thereby form an exposed transparent common electrode and an alignment enabling key pattern where the formed key pattern includes a dummy pattern portion formed from the transparent conductive layer and an opaque pattern portion formed from a remnant of the relatively thick first opaque part of the opaque material layer.