Patent ID: 8169560

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a pair of substrates facing each other; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates; a seal layer including a material made from an energy ray curable material, and arranged so as to surround a region of display pixels, the seal layer sealing the liquid crystal layer between the pair of substrates; thin film transistor (TFT) devices arranged on one substrate of the pair of substrates; a black matrix layer arranged on the substrate on which the TFT devices are arranged; and a color filter layer arranged on one of the pair of substrates, wherein, the seal layer is formed in the shape of a seamless and continuous frame and partially overlaps the black matrix layer, the TFT devices include (i) first TFT devices arranged in the region of display pixels and (ii) second TFT devices arranged in a frame region that is outside of the region of display pixels, and the black matrix layer is arranged such that a part of the black matrix layer overlaps the second TFT devices in the frame region.