Patent ID: 7295277

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a pair of substrates with at least a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a columnar spacer arranged between at least said two substrates; and a plurality of pixels for display; wherein at least one of said pixels includes said columnar spacer and a contact hole, wherein said columnar spacer has an area superposed with said contact hole and an area not superposed with said contact hole in the cross section thereof parallel to said substrates; wherein said columnar spacer is arranged in such a manner that the direction in which the substrate formed with said columnar spacer is rubbed is at right angle to the direction along the minimum width of said columnar spacer; and wherein said columnar spacer has the minimum width in a direction at a right angle to said rubbing direction, and the width is 2 μm or more smaller than the width of an opening of the contact hole in the direction at a right angle to said rubbing direction.