Patent ID: 8189140

Claim:
An LCD device, comprising: a first substrate with defined pixel regions and light shielding regions; a transparent material layer formed on the first substrate corresponding to the pixel regions, wherein the transparent material layer is formed of methacryl; a light-shielding layer formed on the first substrate corresponding to the light shielding regions and being adjacent to the transparent material layer, the light shielding layer being formed at positions where portions of the transparent material layer has been removed; color filter patterns on the transparent material layer, ends of the color filter patterns overlapping the light-shielding layer; and a common electrode between the color filter patterns and on the color filter patterns, wherein the common electrode has a thinner thickness at an area on the color filter patterns than an area on the light-shielding layer between the color filter patterns, wherein the common electrode between the color filter patterns is directly in contact with the light-shielding layer, wherein heights of the transparent material layer and the light-shielding layer are substantially the same, and wherein the thickness of the common electrode varies only in a portion of the common electrode that is on and over the light shielding layer.