Patent ID: 8681306

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer filled between said first substrate and said second substrate supported by said plurality of spacers; wherein, each of said plurality of spacers includes a multiple step structure with one or more steps, each of said plurality of spacers comprises (i) a core portion protruding from said second substrate to said liquid crystal layer, (ii) a cap portion covering said core portion, and (iii) a step corresponding to a protrusion end face edge of said core portion on an outer surface of said cap portion, an alignment protrusion is provided below said second substrate and protrudes from said second substrate to said liquid crystal layer to align liquid crystal molecules, and said core portion of each of said plurality of spacers is made of the same material as said alignment protrusion, and has the same shape as said alignment protrusion.