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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2004
Toshihiro Ushiyama, Chino, JP;
Hisashi Aruga, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Toshihiro Ushiyama, Chino, JP;
Hisashi Aruga, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enhance the brightness and contrast of a display, and to enhance the visibility of a color filter, a color filter includes a substrate that transmits light, a reflective layer that is formed on the substrate and includes openings, boundary layers formed on parts of the reflective layer, and a plurality of colored layers that are surrounded by the boundary layers. As the boundary layers, boundary layers that transmit light are formed between colored layers of the same color and boundary layers that do not transmit light are formed between colored layers of different colors.