Patent ID: 7993804

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a color filter structure formed in a display panel that has a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other, the method comprising: a first step of forming a composite layer that includes a pixel drive element in the rear substrate; a second step of patterning a first rib along a boundary of a pixel region on or above the composite layer and a second rib arranged in the pixel area in accordance with a photolithography technique, the second rib having a height that is smaller than that of the first rib; a third step of dropping a light transmission material in a reflection region defined by the first rib and the second rib and forming a stepped layer in accordance with an ink jet technique; and a fourth step of, after the stepped layer has been formed, dropping a light coloring material in a region defined by the first rib and forming a color layer in accordance with an ink jet technique.