Patent ID: 8830439
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A display panel, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate having a light-shielding element, the second substrate having a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor that drives the pixel electrode, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed to face each other having a gap therebetween, and a polymer network liquid crystal is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, and wherein the light-shielding element is disposed in a location that faces the thin film transistor, and an outer periphery of the light-shielding element is located outside an outer periphery of a channel region of the thin film transistor at a distance of at least 10 μm greater than a sum of “a length of the channel region,” “a height of a surface of an uppermost layer in the second substrate from a surface of the channel region,” and “a thickness of the polymer network liquid crystal,” when viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a plane direction of the first substrate and the second substrate.