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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Tsutomu Kadotani, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Inada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kamino, Izumi, JP;
Yusuke Nogami, Izumi, JP;
Inventors:
Tsutomu Kadotani, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Inada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kamino, Izumi, JP;
Yusuke Nogami, Izumi, JP;
Assignee:
NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1339 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate and a counter substrate opposing each other with a gap therebetween defined by a plurality of columnar spacers. The active matrix substrate has a plurality of spacer holes each receiving therein a corresponding one of the columnar spacers, and a plurality of dummy spacer holes aligned with the spacer holes and each receiving therein no columnar spacer.