Patent ID: 8115882

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal layer; and a pair of substrates that enclose the liquid crystal layer therebetween, wherein: the liquid crystal layer side of one of the pair of substrates being provided with: a plurality of scan lines and signal lines that are arranged in a matrix on a display area with a first insulating film therebetween; thin film transistors which are formed at the vicinities of the intersections of the plurality of scan lines and signal lines, and of which the channel regions are exposed; an interlayer resin film that covers an entire surface of the display area including the surface of the thin film transistors, first electrodes which are formed of a transparent conductive material and are formed on the surface of the interlayer resin film in each of regions defined by the plurality of scan lines and signal lines so as to be electrically connected to the thin film transistors; a second insulating film that is formed on an entire surface of the interlayer resin film including the first electrodes; and second electrodes which are formed of a transparent conductive material and are formed on the second insulating film, the second electrodes having a plurality of slits formed at positions corresponding to the regions defined by the plurality of scan lines and signal lines, wherein: a peripheral circuit, which includes thin film transistors of which the channel regions are exposed, is formed on a peripheral portion of the display area; the interlayer resin film directly covers the channel regions of the thin film transistors of the display area and directly covers the channel regions of the thin film transistors of the peripheral circuit; and the surface of the interlayer resin film above the thin film transistors on the display area and the surface of the interlayer resin film above the thin film transistors on the peripheral circuit are covered with the second insulating film.