Patent ID: 6181406
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:an array substrate including wiring lines arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in respective regions surrounded by the wiring lines and connected to the wiring lines through switching elements, respectively;an opposite substrate including an opposite electrode and opposing the array substrate with a predetermined gap; anda liquid crystal composition sealed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate;the opposite substrate having a plurality of pillar-shaped spacers which project to contact the array substrate through the opposite electrode and have distal ends located opposite to the wiring lines,each of the distal ends having a width smaller than a width of each of the wiring lines, andthe distance between each of the pixel electrodes, located near the distal ends of the spacers and the corresponding wiring lines opposing said pixel electrodes, being larger at regions around the distal ends of the spacers than other regions.