Patent ID: 8854593

Claim:
A display device comprising: a first substrate; a switching element formed in a pixel area over the first substrate; an interlayer insulating film comprising an organic resin formed over the switching element; a pixel electrode formed over the interlayer insulating film and electrically connected to the switching element; an alignment film formed over the pixel electrode; a driver circuit comprising a thin film transistor formed over the first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of gap retaining members formed in the pixel area and directly over the driver circuit between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the plurality of gap retaining members is formed by a process including: forming a resin layer; and patterning the resin layer, wherein a shape of at least one of the plurality of gap retaining members and a shape of at least another one of the plurality of gap retaining members are different, and wherein an interval between the gap retaining members in the pixel area is different from an interval between the gap retaining members directly over the driver circuit.