Patent ID: 8368864

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a TFT substrate having pixels each including a pixel electrode and a TFT formed in a matrix to form a display region; a counter substrate having color filters formed corresponding to the pixels and facing the TFT substrate via a seal portion having sealing material formed at the peripheries of the substrates; and liquid crystal interposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the TFT is covered with at least one of an inorganic passivation film, an organic passivation film, and an inter-layer insulating film, the gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate is defined in the seal portion by first column spacers formed on the counter substrate and at least one of a first island-like organic passivation film, and the inter-layer insulating film formed on the TFT substrate, and in the seal portion, the sealing material covers the first column spacers and the first island-like organic passivation film and is in contact with at least one of the inorganic passivation film and the inter-layer insulating film on the TFT substrate side.