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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Hirokazu Kaida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshinobu Sekiuchi, Kumamoto, JP;
Makoto Akagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present embodiment has pixel electrodes arranged in a first and a second directions crossed each other; a signal line formed in a lower layer of the pixel electrode and extending in the second direction between the pixel electrodes arranged in the first direction; a scan line formed in a lower layer of the pixel electrode and extending in the first direction; a switching device formed so as to correspond to the pixel electrodes and connected to the signal line, the scan line, and the pixel electrode; and an insulating layer formed between the pixel electrode and a lower layer including the signal line and the scan line, and having a surface step in a region between the pixel electrodes. An edge portion of the pixel electrode is formed to overlap the surface step of the insulating layer.