Patent ID: 8553182

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate equipped with: (a) signal lines, scan lines, and storage capacitor electrodes deployed in a matrix arrangement, the signal lines and the scan lines intersecting one another; (b) thin film transistors provided near the intersections of said signal lines and scan lines; (c) an interlayer that covers said thin film transistors; and (d) pixel electrodes, wherein one of the pixel electrodes lies over said interlayer as well as is provided in each of a plurality of pixel domains delimited by said signal lines and scan lines, the pixel electrodes having a rectangular shape and covering the thin film transistors; a second substrate on which are formed color filters and a common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer placed between said first substrate and second substrate, wherein: (a) said pixel electrodes are positioned so as not to overlap said signal lines, or not to overlap said scan lines, or not to overlap either, when viewed from above; (b) first insulative light-blocking members including first resin black matrix members are deployed below the spaces between adjacent pixel electrodes so as to overlap outer edges of said pixel electrodes when viewed from above, wherein the first insulative light-blocking members do not directly contact the signal lines; (c) second light-blocking members including second resin black matrix members are provided over said thin film transistors, the second light-blocking members being adjacent to the first insulative light-blocking members, wherein the first light-blocking members do not directly contact the second light-blocking members; (d) when viewed from above, the first resin black matrix member is positioned to overlap the signal lines; and (e) when viewed from above, the second resin black matrix member is positioned to overlap the scan lines.