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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Keiji Tsuda, Shiga, JP;
Shinichi Yamada, Shiga-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Goto, Shiga-ken, JP;
Kunihiro Hatanaka, Shiga-ken, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal diaplay apparatus having a color filter base plate with a transparent substrate, a resin black matrix formed by dispersing a light-shielding agent therein and a colored film of three primary colors provided on the transparent substrate, an electrode-carrying base plate provided with electrodes for applying an electric field parallel to the color filter, a liquid crystal disposed between said color filter base plate and said electrode-carrying base plate, a first alignment layer on the protective layer, an overcoat film on the colored film, a second alignment layer on the overcoat film, and a spacer formed on the resin black matrix by patterning a resin is disclosed.