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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Shinichi Hirato, Mie, JP;
Naoshi Yamada, Mie, JP;
Hidetomo Miyake, Mie, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1339 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display device in which areas of spacers can be reduced while securing sufficient strength of columns. In the liquid crystal device according to the invention with liquid crystal held between substrates of a pair and spacers () for keeping a gap between the substrates of the pair and provided between the substrates, each of the spacers () includes a first layer () laminated over the substrate and a second layer () disposed over the first layer () to cross the first layer () in a plan view.