Patent ID: 8605236

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus comprising: a backlight; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed over the backlight, wherein the first and second electrodes extend in a plane along a first direction; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a color filter unit comprising a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter, disposed over the second electrode, wherein the first, second and third color filters are respectively divided by a black matrix having a black matrix thickness when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the first color filter and the second color filter each comprises: a plurality of display regions, each display region having a first length in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction, a first thickness in the second direction, and a first width in the first direction, and a plurality of connection portions, each connection portion having a second length in the third direction, a second thickness in the second direction, and a second width in the first direction, each connection portion overlapping with the black matrix and connecting two adjacent display regions to each other, wherein the first length is larger than the second length, and wherein the first width is larger than the second width, and wherein the sum of the black matrix thickness and the second thickness is smaller than the first thickness.