Patent ID: 8405807

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: an active device array substrate, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixels comprises: a first active device; a first pixel electrode, electrically connected to the first active device; a capacitor electrode, wherein the capacitor electrode and the first pixel electrode constitute a storage capacitor; a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate to cover the first active devices; a plurality of color filter patterns disposed on the first dielectric layer, wherein each of the color filter patterns respectively has a first opening above the capacitor electrode to expose the first dielectric layer above the capacitor electrode, and each of the first pixel electrodes is respectively disposed on one of the color filter patterns and within a corresponding first opening; an opposite substrate disposed above the active device array substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate, and the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; and a plurality of spacers disposed within the first openings, wherein a recess exists between a tapered sidewall of each of the spacers and each of the color filter patterns, and the tapered sidewall of each of the spacers affects the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules within the recess.