Patent ID: 7773189

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines, the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines being formed on the second substrate, a plurality of pixel regions defined by the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines, a plurality of spacers formed on the first substrate, each respective spacer being arranged in a position which counters the respective gate signal line defining a corresponding pixel region, a plurality of projection portions formed on the second substrate, each respective projection portion being arranged on the gate signal line defining a corresponding pixel region, each projection portion being arranged in a position which contacts with the respective spacer that counters the gate signal line on which the projection portion in arranged, wherein a semiconductor layer is stacked on the gate signal lines on which the projection portions are arranged, and wherein a metal layer is stacked on the semiconductor layer.