Patent ID: 7738069

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate are disposed in opposition to each other with a liquid crystal interposed therebetween; a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines formed on the first substrate; a plurality of pixel regions each defined by adjacent gate signal lines and drain signal lines of the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines respectively, each pixel region including a respective TFT element formed on one of the gate signal lines defining the pixel region and connected to the drain signal lines defining the pixel region, a plurality of spacers formed on a liquid crystal side of the second substrate, the plurality of spacers including a spacer in each pixel region; wherein each pixel region has a height difference portion formed on a liquid crystal side of one of the gate signal lines defining the pixel region, wherein the spacer of each pixel region is formed in opposition to the height difference portion of the pixel region such that a peak of the spacer touches the height difference portion, and wherein the height difference portion and the spacer of each pixel region are formed at a different position in the pixel region than the TFT element included in the pixel region.