Patent ID: 8023072

Claim:
A color filter substrate for use in a display device comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in columns and rows to define a matrix pattern; a transparent substrate; and a number of coloring layers, including a first color filter layer, a second color filter layer, and a light shielding layer made from a photosensitive resin, each of which are provided on the transparent substrate; wherein each of the first and second color filter layers include a first color filter column and a second color filter column, where each color filter column corresponds to a column of pixels, and the light shielding layer includes a light shielding column that is disposed in a gap between two adjacent columns of pixels along substantially the entire length of the columns of pixels; in a gap between two adjacent pixels in a row direction, the light shielding column and at least one of the first and second color filter columns are arranged to define: an intercolumn overlap area in which the light shielding column and the at least one of the first and second color filter columns overlap each other; and an intercolumn non-overlap area in which a portion of the light shielding column is removed such that neither the first color filter column nor the second color filter column is overlapped by the light shielding column; and the intercolumn non-overlap area extends continuously in the row direction such that in plan view the intercolumn non-overlap area completely overlaps the gap between the two adjacent pixels.