Patent ID: 8310647

Claim:
The image display device in which a rear panel and a front panel sandwich a liquid crystal layer, the rear panel comprising: a transparent substrate; a color filter layer for a plurality of colors formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the transparent substrate; an adhesive layer that buries a layer in which a drive element is configured, the drive element formed above the color filter layer for a plurality of colors, a drive electrode driven by the drive element, and a counter electrode for forming an electric field that controls the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the drive electrode; and an orientation film formed on the interface between the rear panel and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the interface between the rear panel and the liquid crystal layer is a uniform flat surface across a plurality of pixels formed in correspondence to the color filters for a plurality of colors; wherein a stopper layer is provided under the orientation film of the rear panel, the stopper layer having a capability of preventing impurities from the layer in which the drive element is configured, the adhesive layer, or the color filters from diffusing into the liquid crystal layer.