Patent ID: 8384842

Claim:
A display device comprising: a first substrate on which a plurality of switching elements is formed; a second substrate which is arranged to face the first substrate in an opposed manner; and a frame which is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of the first substrate by way of an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer and the frame each have an opening, an inner peripheral surface of the frame at an edge of the opening of the frame and an inner peripheral surface of the adhesive layer at an edge of the opening of the adhesive layer are made coplanar with each other, and an outer peripheral surface of the frame and an outer peripheral surface of the adhesive layer are made coplanar within each other, the frame has a continuous substantially planar surface extending between the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the frame on which the adhesive layer having the opening is mounted, the adhesive layer having the opening having a continuous substantially planar surface extending between the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the adhesive layer so as to be coplanar with the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the frame, the adhesive layer being a continuous member with the opening therethrough, and the continuous surface of the frame extending outwardly beyond the outer peripheral portion of the first substrate.