Patent ID: 8212982

Claim:
A liquid crystal display unit comprising: a first substrate having (i) an under-layered insulation film, (ii) a common electrode formed on the under-layered insulation film, and (iii) a pixel electrode formed over the common electrode with a pixel insulation film between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; a second substrate provided on a pixel electrode side of the first substrate such that the second substrate is opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a spacer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate to retain a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate, the spacer arranged such that one end of the spacer that faces the first substrate is in direct contact with a top face of the pixel electrode in the first substrate, wherein, the common electrode is under the pixel electrode with the pixel insulation film between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a thickness of the under-layered insulation film under the common electrode in a spacer region defined as a region occupied by the spacer is smaller than a thickness of the under-layered insulation film in a region other than the spacer region.