Abstract: A data wire device for interconnecting a pentile matrix display device includes a first blue sub-pixel data line disposed on a first substrate transmitting a first blue sub-pixel data signal, and a second blue sub-pixel data line disposed on the first substrate transmitting the first blue sub-pixel data signal, wherein the first and second blue data lines are interconnected between two blue sub-pixel regions of a display device and one blue sub-pixel data pad for receiving the first blue sub-pixel data signal from a driving circuit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has stripe-shaped color filters and arranges the driver ICs on the top or the bottom side portion, and on the left or right side portion of the liquid crystal panel such that the liquid crystal display device has a single bank structure. Accordingly, a difference of a signal delay between the adjacent two odd and even data or gate lines is prevented. As a result, the brightness and the resolution are improved.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a color filter and a liquid crystal display device using the filter, which can obtain well-balanced color purities within a pixel. A color filter for coloring a first light ray L1 having a unidirectional optical path and a second light ray L2 having a bidirectional optical path for each pixel. The color filter includes a first area portion 10t in which the first light ray L1 is caused to be transmitted and a second area portion 10r in which the second light ray L2 is caused to be transmitted, for each pixel. The first area portion 10t and the second area portion 10r respectively have structures by which different coloring effects are exerted if light rays having the same optical path and the same property pass through them.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which exhibits improved color reproducibility, high definition and a high numerical aperture by minimizing a change of a total area of color filter non-forming regions even when a position of a color filter is displaced. A color filter forming region and the color filter non-forming regions are formed within a lighting region which is visible to a viewer in the inside of one pixel.

Abstract: A fabrication method of a liquid crystal display device uses a printing method which forms a pattern of a wider effective line width such as a gate line, a data line, a passivation layer, a pixel electrode, etc. constituting an LCD device. The inventive lithography process uses a mask that is applied at the time of forming a channel region having a narrow effective line width. Accordingly, the amount of resist used may be reduced, and the fabrication process can be simplified. This printing method can be used to fabricate a color filter substrate of an LCD device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel and a backlight. The liquid crystal panel has a front plate and a rear plate between which liquid crystal is interposed, wherein electrodes for driving the liquid crystal on a pixel-by-pixel basis, pixel electrodes corresponding to the common electrodes, and thin film transistors (TFTs) for driving the pixel electrodes are installed on the inner surface of each of the front and rear plates. The backlight has a front plate and a rear plate, wherein a plurality of R, G and B anode electrodes, on which fluorescent layers are formed, are formed in parallel on the front plate, cathode electrodes corresponding to the anode electrodes are formed on the rear plate, and light emitting units for colors according to the anode electrodes and the cathode electrodes are installed to provide light of each of R, G and B colors to each pixel of the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a back side light source, which can perform displays of both a transmissive type and a reflective type, employs interference filters formed with a multilayer film 18, 19 and 20 as color filters to be used for color display. The back side light source is switched off in use as a reflective type display. The display in the liquid crystal display device can be inverted to a negative. The normal direction of the multilayer film of the interference filter may differ from the normal direction of a substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and method that are adaptive to compensate for brightness deviation among red, green and blue colors. This device includes red liquid crystal cell lines having red liquid crystal cells, green liquid crystal cell lines having green liquid crystal cells, and blue liquid crystal cell lines having blue liquid crystal cells. Common electrodes are formed for each red, green and blue liquid crystal line. A common electrode of at least one liquid crystal cell line of the red, green and blue liquid crystal cell lines is supplied with a different common voltage that is a reference voltage to drive the liquid crystal cells.

Abstract: There are provided on one substrate of a pair of substrates which sandwich liquid crystal: thin-film transistor elements arranged in a matrix shape in correspondence with pixels; a wiring portion of the thin-film transistor elements; a pixel electrode; and a color filter layer formed between the pixel electrode and an inorganic insulating layer for covering the wiring portion of the thin-film transistor elements, and the color filter layer includes at least a lower light-transmission flatted layer and a primary-color-type colored pattern, and is provided with an opening through which a connection portion of the wiring portion of the thin-film transistor element and the pixel electrode is penetrated. With employment of this structure, the thin-film transistor and the color filter can be formed on the same substrate, and a deterioration in the spectral characteristic of the color filter can be suppressed.

Abstract: A polarizer having a polarizing element, and at least one transparent protective film constituted by two layers of retardation films with an in-plane retardation of 190 to 320 nm with respect to light having a wavelength of 550 nm is provided. The transparent protective film is bonded onto one of opposite surfaces of the polarizing element so that a slow axis of each of the retardation films is parallel with an absorption axis of the polarizing element. The two layers of retardation films are constituted by a combination of a retardation film with Nz of 0.8 to 0.95 and a retardation film with Nz of 0.55 to 0.7 in the condition of nx>ny and Nz=(nx−nz)/(nx−ny) in which nx and ny are in-plane refractive indices of the retardation films respectively, and nz is a refractive index in a direction of thickness of each of the retardation films.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color filter for a liquid crystal display and a liquid crystal display using the same, and more particularly to a color filter for a liquid crystal display comprising a pixel area, a black matrix, and a transparent overcoating film, wherein the transparent overcoating film comprises a thermosetting polymer obtained by mixing a) polyamic acid having siloxane terminal groups; and b) an epoxy compound having 1 to 4 epoxy groups, and a liquid crystal display using the same.

Abstract: Color layers R, G, and B of a color filter are arranged in a delta pattern. A data line (212) for applying a voltage to the sub-pixels is connected, through TFD (220), to pixel electrodes (234) of the sub-pixels respectively corresponding to the three colors in a fixed order in a periodic pattern, and pixel electrodes (234) commonly connected to a single data line (212) are arranged to the same side of the data line (212). The potential of the sub-pixels for a particular color are equally influenced by the potential of the sub-pixels of other colors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for projecting or displaying images comprising a valve exhibiting a plurality of image-forming elements having a light transmission coefficient which can be controlled so as to present the image, and a means of illuminating the valve comprising a light source and an integrator having two lens arrays associated in such a way that each lens of the second array distributes over the valve the light received from a corresponding lens of the first array. This system comprises a means for focusing the illuminating beam onto the integrator. The dimensions of the integrator are thus minimized. The focusing means comprises, for example, a reflector which reflects the light produced by the source, the integrator being arranged substantially in the focal plane of the reflector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color liquid crystal display device including an upper plate section having color filters, a lower plate section having a patterned electrode structure for each of red, green, and blue pixels, and a liquid crystal interposed between the upper and lower plate sections, wherein the pixels have different electrode widths and different slit widths for different colors, respectively. Respective pixel electrode widths (ER, EG, and EB) associated with the red, green, and blue colors have a relation of “ER≦EG≦EB”, and respective slit widths (SR, SG, and SB) associated with the red, green, and blue colors have a relation of “SB≦SG≦SR”.

Abstract: A pixel structure of an active matrix full-color OLED display device and its manufacturing method are provided. The pixel structure of the display device comprises two thin film transistors, a storage capacitor, a color filter, and an OLED device structure constructed on a top surface of a substrate, a black matrix region outside the color filter region and under the thin film transistors. In this pixel, structure of the OLED display device, the OLED device structure and the color filter are integrated in a thin-film-transistor array. This simplifies the process, reduces the leakage of light and increases the contrast of the display device. A white OEL device is used to emit light. A light then passes a color filter to get red, green or blue color of light. Therefore, a full-color OLED is formed. A poly-silicon thin film transistor is used to provide current to the OLED device structure and served as an active drive device.

Abstract: A color liquid crystal display device capable of displaying uniformly four colors of white, red, blue and green with high purity by multiplex driving is provided. In a system for effecting a multi-color display using a same display unit and utilizing retardation, at least one color polarizer is used between a pair of polarizers, which indicates a specified range wherein the polarizing efficiency of red or blue is relatively lower than that of green.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a color display utilizing combinations of four colors, wherein full-color images are obtained by controlling gray-scale contrast of a plurality of pixels each having four colors. The four colors are two primary colors and two contrastive colors complementary to them, e.g., the red and its complementary color—cyan and the green and its complementary color—magenta. The present invention can enhance the color fullness and the delicacy of images without increasing the cost and changing the design of structure.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, comprising: a plurality of gate lines being spaced in a selected distance; a plurality of data lines being spaced in a selected distance, the data lines where a data line driving signal is provided being crossed with the gate lines to define a plurality of R, G and B pixel regions, each of data lines being split into a pair of data lines; a plurality of R, G and B dots disposed in the R, G, and B pixel regions, respectively; and a plurality of switching devices disposed in the R, G, B pixel regions, each being connected to corresponding gate line and data line of a plurality of gate lines and data lines; wherein by the split data lines, each of the R, G and B pixel regions is divided into a plurality of R, G and B sub pixel regions; and each of the R, G and B dots includes a plurality of R, G and B subdots, each of R, G and B subdots being disposed in each of R, G and B sub pixel regions, respectively.

Abstract: In a color liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal layer is sealed in a gap between a first substrate formed with signal electrodes and a second substrate formed with data electrodes, portions where the signal electrodes cross over the data electrodes form pixel portions respectively, and color filters, in which filters of the three primary colors are alternately arranged at positions corresponding to the pixel portions, is provided, a normal color display of applying selection signals to all the signal electrodes in a time sharing manner and applying data signals to the data electrodes in correspondence with the selection signals applied to the respective signal electrodes; and a color reducing display of applying selection signals in such a manner to simultaneously select a plurality of the signal electrodes; are selectively performed, thereby reducing the power consumption of the color liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: A color filter frame, which covers a non-display surface of an optical display section, is provided with frame color filter picture elements using at least two of three colors used for color filter picture elements, which correspond to displaying pixels. An area ratio of the frame color filter picture elements corresponding to different colors is set so as to be different from that of the color filter picture elements, which correspond to the colors used in the frame color filter picture elements. With this arrangement, it is possible to omit the step of manufacturing a black mask so as to reduce the cost; consequently, a color filter for an optical display device can be provided with an excellent appearance on a display.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color liquid crystal display device including an upper plate section having color filters, a lower plate section having a patterned electrode structure for each of red, green, and blue pixels, and a liquid crystal interposed between the upper and lower plate sections, wherein the pixels have different electrode widths and different slit widths for different colors, respectively. Respective pixel electrode widths (ER, EG, and EB) associated with the red, green, and blue colors have a relation of “ER≦EG≦EB”, and respective slit widths (SR, SG, and SB) associated with the red, green, and blue colors have a relation of “SB≦SG≦SR”.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for production a color filter for liquid crystal display device by applying inks to a base by an ink-jet printing system to arrange colorants on the base, which comprises the steps of applying inks, which each comprise a homopolymer of a monomer represented by the formula (I) or of the formula (II) wherein R1 is H or CH3, and R2 and R3 are independently H or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and/or a copolymer of the monomer with another vinyl monomer and can be cured by light or heat, directly onto the base or onto a resin layer provided on the base by the ink-jet printing system, thereby arranging colorants contained in the inks; and then curing the thus-applied inks by light exposure or heating.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus including: a first substrate a plurality of pixel electrodes each provided adjacent to a corresponding one of the intersections of the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of scan lines; a second substrate having a first colored region including a plurality of colors, the first colored region corresponding to the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer being interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, comprising: a plurality of gate lines being spaced in a selected distance; a plurality of data lines being spaced in a selected distance, the data lines where a data line driving signal is provided being crossed with the gate lines to define a plurality of R, G and B pixel regions, each of data lines being split into a pair of data lines; a plurality of R, G and B dots disposed in the R, G, and B pixel regions, respectively; and a plurality of switching devices disposed in the R, G, B pixel regions, each being connected to corresponding gate line and data line of a plurality of gate lines and data lines; wherein by the split data lines, each of the R, G and B pixel regions is divided into a plurality of R, G and B sub pixel regions; and each of the R, G and B dots includes a plurality of R, G and B subdots, each of R, G and B subdots being disposed in each of R, G and B sub pixel regions, respectively.

Abstract: Color projection system includes a light source, an integrator plate arranged in front of the light source and having a plurality of juxtaposed lens elements, an electro-optical light modulation panel arranged in front of the integrator plate, a projection lens preceding the light modulation panel, and a movable color filter which is provided with a plurality of parallel extending, differently colored strips. The color filter is located opposite the integrator plate, which color filter and integrator plate are movable relative to each other in a direction extending parallel to the integrator plate, while at least two differently colored strips are located opposite each lens element, while strips of the same color have the same position with respect to each lens element.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is composed of (1) a first substrate which is equipped with at least gate bus-lines, source bus-lines, a switching element array, pixel electrodes, and a source driver and a gate driver for driving the switching electrode array, (2) a second substrate on which a counter electrode is provided, and (3) liquid crystal provided between the first and second substrates. A color filter formation-use driver is provided with respect to either the gate bus-lines or the source bus-lines, and color filters are formed on the pixel electrodes by the use of the color filter formation-use driver. By doing so, color filters can be formed in a simple and easy manner, with input of a small number of signals, without using the drivers which are designed for driving the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: An electronic watch diversifies the mode of display for numeric information and the like to presents the information using the natural ambient light or a back light. The electronic watch may includes a polarizer for transmitting a linearly polarized light polarized in one direction while absorbing the remaining polarized light, a liquid crystal element that selects a state in which the polarization of a polarized light ray is changed through transmission and a state in which the polarization of the polarized light is not changed, a polarization separating film, opposed to the polarizer with the liquid crystal element interposed therebetween, and a back light for emitting light to the liquid crystal element through the polarization separating film. The polarization separating film 12 transmits light polarized in one direction while reflecting light linearly polarized in a direction perpendicular to the one direction.

Abstract: Prior art solutions to liquid crystal birefringence (which causes the emergent light to become elliptically polarized) have involved use of a single birefringent layer (macrocompensator) to compensate for this. This approach is only partly successful. The present invention improves the color balance still further by providing a separate set of microcompensators. The color filters are located on one of the two substrates' inner surfaces, with the appropriate microcompensators being located, in one to one correspondence, on the other out surface. By this means, a near perfect match between the color distortion introduced by the liquid crystal layer and the phase compensation needed to correct this can be made.

Abstract: Three component color sub-pixel element areas of red,green and blue, are serially formed in an overall pixel area, on a transparent substrate, and after each individual color sub pixel element formation, a layer of protective transparent material is applied over the individual sub pixel element and the pixel area before formation of the next sub pixel element. The protective layers render the sub pixel elements unaffected by the processing of subsequent sub pixel members where such conditions as high temperature curing, hardening agents or hardening processes are involved, whereby advantages are achieved in manufacturability, reliability, yield, cost, and throughput.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a color filter equipped with a plurality of colored light-transmitting areas on its base, wherein the light-transmitting areas are colored with ink dots, and each of the colored portions is continuously formed over a plurality of the light-transmitting areas.

Abstract: Blue bright spots occurring when using overhead projectors with liquid crystal modules (LCDs) are prevented by providing intercepting filter in the liquid crystal module for modifying light reaching the thin film transistors of the LCDs in the portion of the spectrum absorbed by and passing through the protection layer formed on the TFT. In the case where protection layer on the TFT is formed of an amorphous silicon layer, the intercepting filter has the characteristic of modifying the light having wavelengths of 380 nm to 500 nm. The intercepting filter being a color filter of other than blue is formed just above the TFT at least part of which is related to a cell of blue.

Abstract: An arrangement for displaying the output of an electronic system such as a computer including a light gate array having a column of light windows; apparatus for providing red light to the windows of a column for a predetermined period; apparatus for providing green light to the windows of a column for a predetermined period; apparatus for providing blue light to the windows of a column for a predetermined period; apparatus for opening each of said windows for preselected periods during the periods in which light from the red, green, and blues sources are available; and apparatus for scanning the light transferred by the windows for viewing to focus at points defining columns of pixels.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel has a first substrate and a second substrate composed of a transparent material and disposed opposite each other across a gap, display electrodes provided on one of the opposed surfaces of the first and second substrates, transparent counter electrodes provided on the other opposed surface, a region between each display electrode and an opposed counter electrode constituting a pixel region, a liquid crystal layer filled in the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a color filter or a reflecting film provided at each pixel region. The color filter or the reflecting film at each pixel region is disposed as divided into multiple segments and light transmitting portions are provided around the color filter or reflecting film. Otherwise each color filter or reflecting film is partially provided with multiple openings or other portions with high light transmittance.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device is constituted by a first substrate provided with a plurality of scanning electrodes; a second substrate provided with a plurality of data electrodes and disposed opposite to the first substrate, the data electrodes intersecting the scanning electrodes to form a plurality of pixels; a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second substrates; and a plurality of color filters of first to third colors composed of red, green and blue disposed on one of the first and second substrates. In the device each pixel is constituted by four intersections formed by adjacent two scanning electrodes and adjacent two data electrodes, said four intersections being provided with said color filters of first to third colors.

Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display contains, a holographic reflector that provides either a white or more neutral background color to the display when viewed with ambient white light. The holographic reflector comprises a holographic recording film layer that includes at least first and second pixel volumes containing holographic mirrors and, preferably, third pixel volumes containing holographic mirrors.

Abstract: A color display that includes an array of pixels having a top side and an opposite bottom side. Each pixel includes a material having a first optical state exhibiting birefringence and a second optical state different from the first optical state. Each pixel also includes an element capable of driving the pixel to a selected one of the first optical state or the second optical state. A first selected group of pixels of the array has a first pair of axes of optical birefringence when each pixel of the first selected group is in the first optical state and at least a second selected group of pixels of the array has a second pair of axes of optical birefringence, different from the first pair of axes of optical birefringence, when each pixel of the second selected group is in the first optical state. A reflective layer is disposed adjacent the bottom side and a polarizing layer, having a predetermined polarity orientation, is disposed adjacent the top side.

Abstract: A display apparatus is constituted to have a multiplicity of pixels each divided into at least two sub-pixels having mutually different areas including a larger sub-pixel having a larger area and a smaller sub-pixel having a smaller area. Each sub-pixel is provided with a transparent electrode and a low-resistivity conductor connected to the transparent electrode, and the low-resistivity conductor for the larger sub-pixel is set to have a lower resistance than the low-resistivity conductor for the smaller sub-pixel. As a result, a pixel switching characteristic can be uniformized over an entire picture area of the display apparatus regardless of different areas (loads) of the sub-pixels and without using different performances of drivers.

Abstract: A display for soft proofing an image to be reproduced using a set of selected printing colors includes a plurality of display elements each for displaying a color substantially spectrally matched to one of a set of printing colors.

Abstract: A liquid crystal spatial light modulator comprises columns and rows of picture elements. The columns are arranged as groups of columns, for instance under respective parallax generating elements in an autostereoscopic 3D display. The picture elements are arranged as sets to form color picture elements such that the picture elements of each set are disposed at the apices of a polygon, such as a triangle, and are disposed in corresponding columns of the groups of columns.

Abstract: A color display that includes an array of pixels having a top side and an opposite bottom side. Each pixel includes a material having a first optical state exhibiting birefringence and a second optical state different from the first optical state. Each pixel also includes an element capable of driving the pixel to a selected one of the first optical state or the second optical state. A first selected group of pixels of the array has a first pair of axes of optical birefringence when each pixel of the first selected group is in the first optical state and at least a second selected group of pixels of the array has a second pair of axes of optical birefringence, different from the first pair of axes of optical birefringence, when each pixel of the second selected group is in the first optical state. A reflective layer is disposed adjacent the bottom side and a polarizing layer, having a predetermined polarity orientation, is disposed adjacent the top side.

Abstract: A projection image display device includes, a light source, an image display panel having a number of pixels and a vertical scanning function, an optical system for dividing light from the light source into a plurality of lights of different wave ranges and directing and overlapping the divided plural lights onto an area from different directions, a light-collector for collecting each of the plural divided lights directed onto the area by the optical system into apertures of pixels of the image display panel corresponding to the wave range of the light, a projector for projecting an image displayed on the image display panel, and a color-changer for mutually changing, at every vertical scanning of the image display panel, the directions in which the optical system directs the plural divided lights of the different wave ranges, so as to mutually change the wave ranges of light directed to the pixels of the image display panel sequentially.

Abstract: A matrix-type liquid crystal display device is constituted by a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal disposed between the substrates. At least one of the substrates including one on a viewer side includes a transparent substrate having thereon transparent electrodes, auxiliary electrodes of a metal electrically connected with the transparent electrodes respectively associated therewith and a blue filter disposed closer to the viewer side so as to mask at least 75% of a total planar area of the auxiliary electrodes as viewed from the viewer side. As a result, the reflected light lowering the recognizability of a display on the liquid crystal device can be decreased without incurring a substantial increase in production cost.

Abstract: A color microdisplay utilizes diffraction gratings to provide an array of high efficiency color pixels. The microdisplay includes a semiconductor substrate and source of light disposed adjacent thereto. A cover plate may be disposed above the substrate and has a layer of conductive material on a surface of the cover plate opposite the substrate. An optically active material, such as liquid crystal material, may be disposed between the substrate and the cover plate. An array of pixels are formed on the substrate. The pixel array includes an array of diffraction grating elements. Each element includes one or more diffraction gratings. The pitch of each diffraction grating can be a function of the angle of the incident light and the desired diffraction output spectrum. An optical system directs the diffracted light from each grating through the optically active material into viewing optics.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device is constituted by disposing a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates each provided with an electrode to provide an effective optical modulation region and a peripheral region. At least one substrate of the pair of substrates comprises an intermediate layer disposed between the substrate and the electrode in the effective optical modulation region and the peripheral region, and the electrode on the intermediate layer comprises a first electrode disposed at least in the effective optical modulation region and a second electrode disposed in the peripheral region. The first and second electrodes are separated from each other. The intermediate layer may preferably include a color filter, a light-interrupting layer and a coating layer.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate according to the present invention includes a scanning line, a signal line, a pixel electrode, a switching element connected with the scanning line, the signal line, and the pixel electrode, and a color pixel portion, wherein at least a portion of the scanning line and the signal line and at least a region of the switching element are covered with a water-repellent organic resin protection film, and the color pixel portion is composed of hydrophilic color ink applied to a portion of the substrate surrounded by the organic resin protection film.

Abstract: A display device includes a multiplicity of pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, each pixel including a plurality of color pixels each divided into a plurality of sub-color pixels having mutually different areas. The plurality of sub-color pixels are arranged in the row or column direction in different manners for at least two of said plurality of color pixels. As a result, the sub-color pixels may be arranged so that, when the respective color pixels are driven to display an identical gradation level, a ratio of a row-direction line width to a column-direction line width is closer to 1 than the ratio obtained when all the color pixels have an identical sub-color pixel arrangement, whereby numerals and characters, for example, can be displayed at an improved display quality.

Abstract: The active matrix liquid crystal display panel comprises a matrix of predetermined color filters, arranged in a predetermined configuration within a viewing area, deposited on a first substrate, and a first plate of an activating element is deposited over the matrix of predetermined color filters. A plurality of second plates of the activating element is deposited on a second substrate opposite each color filter. When a predetermined second plate is activated, light is permitted to pass through the corresponding filter, the light exiting the first substrate having the color of the corresponding filter. A plurality of thin film transistors is deposited on the second substrate and forms the control elements, each control element corresponding to a corresponding second plate of the activating element, the control element selecting predetermined second plate in response to control signals. The display panel includes a liquid crystal material filled in a space between the first and second substrate.

Abstract: The invention provides a color liquid crystal display including (a) two transparent substrates A and B disposed in facing relation, (b) a plurality of switching elements disposed on a surface of the substrate A, the surface facing the substrate B, said switching elements defining an area, (c) a light-impermeable layer disposed on a surface of the substrate B, the surface facing the substrate A, and (d) a colored layer overlying the light-impermeable layer and defining a display area corresponding to the area defined by the switching elements. The colored layer has an extension extending over the display area in longitudinal and transverse directions of the display area. The extensions of the colored layer cover the light-impermeable layer therewith to thereby prevent a light reflected from the light-impermeable layer from entering the switching element. Thus, it is possible to prevent the black level of the display area from being whitened.

Abstract: A color liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having thereon a layer of plural color filter segments and a layer of first transparent electrodes disposed in superposition with the layer of color filter segments, a second substrate disposed opposite to and spaced apart from the first substrate and having thereon a layer of second transparent electrodes intersecting with the first transparent electrodes, and a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second substrates so as to form plural color pixels each at a region of intersection of the first and second transparent electrodes superposed with one of the color filter segments while leaving a pixel spacing between the plural color pixels.

Abstract: The invention provides a color liquid crystal panel which has a liquid crystal placed between a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate having formed thereon a plurality of color filter films and transparent electrodes and the second substrate having formed thereto a transparent electrode. It also has first light-shielding layer sections. formed on the first substrate either in the same layer as the color filter film or in a layer at the substrate side from the color filter films, without contacting the color filter films. It further has second light-shielding layer sections formed in a layer at the liquid crystal layer side from the color filter films. Light is completely shielded by the first light-shielding layer sections and/or the second light-shielding layer section(s) between the color filter films. Such a color liquid crystal panel is highly effective in shielding the gaps between the color filter films, and is less reflective to external light or the like at the display surface.