Patent ID: 7423717

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: an array substrate; a shared electrode substrate; and liquid crystal sealed between said array substrate and said shared electrode substrate, said shared electrode substrate having a plurality of post-like spacers formed on a surface opposing the array substrate and at positions dispersed in an opposing surface plane such as to keep a predetermined gap between said array substrate and said shared electrode substrate, wherein said plurality of post-like spacers comprises: first group post-like spacers each having a free end in contact with a first corresponding part of said array substrate at all times; and second group post-like spacers each having a free end normally not in contact with a second corresponding part of said array substrate and brought into contact with said second corresponding part when the gap between said array substrate and said shared electrode substrate is reduced, wherein said array substrate comprises a step film including an inorganic film, said step film having a thickness between 2,000 Å to 5,000 Å and formed on said first corresponding part of said array substrate opposing said free end of said first group post-like spacers such that said first group post-like spacers remain in contact with said step film at all times.