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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2020
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Yukio Kurozumi, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of first spacers protruding toward the liquid crystal layer, and the second substrate includes, on a surface closer to the liquid crystal layer, an alignment film, a plurality of second spacers in contact with the plurality of first spacers, and a plurality of pedestal films facing the plurality of first spacers. A height of the plurality of second spacers is greater than a height of the plurality of pedestal films, and the plurality of pedestal films include a first pedestal film having a smaller area than an area of each of the plurality of second spacers, and a second pedestal film having a planar pattern that is longer, as a whole, than a planar pattern of the first pedestal film.