Patent ID: 7697082

Claim:
An array substrate for a liquid crystal panel, the array substrate comprising: a lower display electrode and an upper display electrode which are layered with an interlayer insulating film therebetween in a display region and which are capable of forming an electric field for controlling an alignment of liquid crystal; and a circuit element and a capacitor which are layered in a peripheral region external to the display region and which are connected to each other; wherein the capacitor includes: a lower capacitor electrode formed of the same material as that of the lower display electrode and in the same thickness as that of the lower display electrode; an upper capacitor electrode formed of the same material as that of the upper display electrode and in the same thickness as that of the upper display electrode; and a capacitor insulating film provided between the lower capacitor electrode and the upper capacitor electrode; wherein the capacitor and the circuit element are provided in positions overlapping each other.