Patent ID: 7924393

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: an array substrate; a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of auxiliary capacitive lines provided on the array substrate; a switching element arranged at each of intersections between the signal lines and the scanning lines; a pixel electrode and an auxiliary capacitive layer connected to the switching element; an insulating layer formed on the array substrate; a contact hole, formed in the insulating layer, for connecting each of the switching elements to any one of a corresponding pixel electrode and a corresponding auxiliary capacitive layer; an opposite substrate arranged to face the array substrate; an opposite electrode formed on the opposite substrate; and a plurality of spacers arranged on a liquid crystal layer side of the array substrate, wherein the plurality of spacers include: a first spacer arranged on a part of the insulating layer having no contact hole; and a second spacer formed inside of the contact hole, wherein an arrangement density of the first spacers is smaller than an arrangement density of the second spacers.