Patent ID: 8274632

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising: a thin film transistor over a first substrate; a flattening film over the thin film transistor; an insulating film over the thin film transistor and the flattening film, the insulating film comprising an opening; a transparent pixel electrode with the flattening film sandwiched between the transparent pixel electrode and the first substrate, the transparent pixel electrode being electrically connected to the thin film transistor and exposed in the opening; a first layer over and in contact with the transparent pixel electrode, the first layer comprising a resin; a liquid crystal layer over and in contact with the first layer; an orientation film over and in contact with the liquid crystal layer; a transparent opposing electrode over and in contact with the orientation film; and a second substrate over the transparent opposing electrode, wherein, in a region which overlaps with the opening, the whole of the orientation film is substantially flat.