Patent ID: 6304308
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a first substrate having a display area, said display area having metallic pixel electrodes in the form of a matrix;a second substrate having a transparent electrode opposing said first substrate with a gap between the first and second substrates;a liquid crystal layer made of a liquid crystal material sealed in the gap between said first and second substrates;an alignment layer on at least one of surfaces of said first and second substrates in contact with said liquid crystal layer for controlling alignment of said liquid crystal material;a plurality of columnar spacers in said display area of said first substrate for retaining the gap between said first and second substrates;an optical shield film provided outside of said display area and made of the same metallic layer as said metallic pixel electrodes, said optical shield film having a width greater than a width of each of said metallic pixel electrodes;a zonal spacer surrounding said display area and being the same in material as said columnar spacers and having a width greater than a diameter of each columnar spacer and formed over said optical shield film; anda sealing material filled at outer edges of said zonal spacer for adhesively fixing said first and second substrates together.