Patent ID: 7027109

Claim:
A TFT array substrate comprising: (a) a transparent plate; (b) TFTs arranged on the plate in a matrix array with rows and columns, each of the TFTs having a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and an active layer; (c) gate lines formed on the plate in such a way as to extend along the rows of the matrix; (d) data lines formed on the plate in such a way as to extend along the columns of the matrix, each of the data lines being electrically connected to corresponding ones of the TFTs at their first source/drain regions; (e) pixel electrodes formed in pixel areas on the plate, each of the pixel electrodes being electrically connected to corresponding ones of the TFTs at their second source/drain regions; (f) a patterned first light-shielding layer formed between the plate and the TFTs in such a way as to overlap with the active layers of the TFTs; (g) a patterned second light-shielding layer formed between the first light-shielding layer and the TFTs, the second light-shielding layer having a light-absorbing property; and (h) a patterned third light-shielding layer formed to cover the TFTs on an opposite side to the plate with respect to the TFTs, the third light-shielding layer having first parts extending along the rows of the matrix and second parts extending along the columns thereof.