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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2000
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
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. The apparatus further includes a second colored region provided in at least a portion of a periphery of the first colored region, the second colored region including the plurality of colors, wherein at least one of the plurality of signal lines is bent within a region overlapping the second colored region; the second colored region at least includes a plurality of first color layer segments which are colored in a first color, and a plurality of second color layer segments which are colored in a second color; and the plurality of first color layer segments are arranged so that a portion of the at least one signal line which overlaps the plurality of first color layer segments has a length greater than a length of a portion of the at least one signal line which overlaps the plurality of color layer segments other than the plurality of first color layer segments in the second colored region.