Patent ID: 7405798

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate; a common electrode formed over the first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed over the second substrate; a common voltage applying member that applies a common voltage to the common electrode and that maintains a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the common voltage-applying member comprising an insulator and a conductor formed over the insulator; a color filter formed over the second substrate; and a black matrix formed over the first substrate, wherein: the common voltage applying member is disposed between a first peripheral area of the first substrate and a second peripheral area of the second substrate, the first and second peripheral areas being outside display areas of the first and second substrates, the conductor is insulated from the pixel electrodes, the plurality of pixel electrodes are formed of the same material as the conductor, the color filter is formed of the same material as the insulator, the black matrix is formed over the common electrode, and the conductor contacts the common electrode through an opening in the black matrix.