Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hajime Miyake

Shinji Hisamitsu

Teruhisa Ishihara

Hisao Furukawa

In an LCD, there are provided plural kinds of spacers, each kind of spacers having different diameters being arranged at a desired portion. Difference in gap between the displaying portion and the peripheral portion can be compensated by the difference of the sizes of the spacers. Such arrangement of spacers are provided by dropping plural fluids, each including a liquid crystal and spacers on either substrate consecutively such that drops of each fluid are regularly arranged at a desired portion. The gap of the peripheral portion can be made larger than that of the middle portion of the displaying portion. At an edge portion of the displaying portion, spacers having intermediate size may be arranged. The gap between the electrodes at an edge portion may be made larger than that of the middle portion of the displaying portion to compensate affection of resistances of wiring from a drive circuit or unevenness of temperature caused by backlighting. Arrangement of spacers can be obtained by using masks and sprinkling spacers also. Drops of fluids may be mixed on the substrate. Two kinds of spacers may be mixed in a fluid.

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Kanazawa, Japan

Hajime Miyake