Patent ID: 6870587

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate, said first substrate including: a transparent substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of drain lines formed on said transparent substrate; thin film transistors, each of said thin film transistors being provided in a vicinity of the intersection of said gate line and drain line; pixel electrodes, each of said pixel electrodes being formed within a pixel region enclosed with an adjacent pair of said gate lines and an adjacent pair of said drain lines, and connected to said thin film transistor; and common electrodes, each of said common electrodes developing an electric field within each of said pixel regions between said pixel electrode and itself; a second substrate opposing to said first substrate, said second substrate including: color layers provided for each of said pixel regions, said color layers being spaced apart from said gate lines and drain lines when seen in plan view, and a black matrix layer, said black matrix layer overlapping said gate lines and said drain lines when seen in plan view, said black matrix layer and said drain lines constituting direct capacitive coupling free from any electrode therebetween, and said black matrix layer and said gate lines constituting direct capacitive coupling free from any electrode therebetween; and liquid crystal provided in a space between said first substrate and second substrate, wherein the resistance value of the black matrix is greater than 1×10 2 and less than 1×10 5 Ω cm.