Patent ID: 6678029
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal cell, in which two substrates are united with a sealing portion extended in a peripheral direction thereof interposed therebetween, andliquid crystal is filled in a space surrounded by the two substrates and the sealing portion, wherein first and second openings communicating with the space filled with the liquid crystal are formed on at least one side face of the liquid crystal cell, the first opening has a step portion formed by an end portion of a color filter positioned within an outer boundary of the sealing portion with a region adjacent to the step portion surrounded by the sealing portion, and a first gap positioned adjacent to the step portion formed between the two substrates in the region surrounded by the sealing portion, and the second opening has a second gap substantially equal to the first gap between the two substrates in the region surrounded by the sealing portion.