Patent ID: 7636136

Claim:
A display device comprising: a thin film transistor formed over a substrate; a first insulating layer formed over the substrate and extending from the thin film transistor to an additional thin film transistor; a second insulating layer formed over the first insulating layer; a first electrode formed such that a portion of the first electrode is over the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer, the first electrode including an electrical connection to the thin film transistor; a third insulating layer formed over the second insulating layer with the first electrode interposed therebetween; a pixel electrode formed over the third insulating layer, the pixel electrode including an electrical connection to the first electrode and including a stepped difference of 0.3 μm or less resulting from a discontinuity in an electrode of the thin film transistor that is in physical contact with a gate insulating film of the thin film transistor; and an opposed substrate provided with an opposed electrode; wherein the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer comprise inorganic insulating films, and wherein an interval between the pixel electrode and the opposed electrode is one tenth of a pixel pitch of a pixel area or less.