Patent ID: 7459322

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a substrate; a shade portion on the substrate and partition on the shade portion display elements disposed in substantially square or strip opening portions at which the shade portion is not provided, the opening portions being lined in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being substantially perpendicular to the second direction; a distance between parts of the shade portion opposing each other with each of the opening portions provided therebetween being increased and decreased along an extending direction of the shade portion, the partition having a height, the display element having a thickness extending in a direction along the height, the thickness of the display element being lower than the height of the partition, the thickness being substantially uniform and the display element being substantially flat in the region, and the shade portion having properties of a liquid-repelling material, the shade portion being formed between the partition and the substrate as viewed from a cross-sectional direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the second direction, and each of the partition and shade portion completely surrounding each region, wherein the display element is electroluminescent element.