Liquid crystal display element

Abstract

Island-shaped portions of colored layers each of which constitutes a part of a sub pixel are formed so as to be continuous with each other over the gap between adjacent pixels. The area of the island-shaped portion can be secured even when the size of the pixel is reduced to enhance the fineness, and peeling of the island-shaped portions at the formation time of a color filter layer which occurs in connection with miniaturization of the island-shaped portions can be suppressed, so that the yield can be improved while enhancing the display quality.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a main part of a liquid crystal display element according to a first embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a longitudinally-sectional view showing a liquid crystal display device provided with the liquid crystal display element,

FIG. 3 is a longitudinally-sectional view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a second embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a third embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 5 is a longitudinally-sectional view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display device provided with the liquid crystal display element,

FIG. 6 is a longitudinally-sectional view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display element according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 7 is a longitudinally-sectional view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display element according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a conventional example of the liquid crystal display element,

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a conventional example of the liquid crystal display element,

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 15 is plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 16 is a plan view showing the liquid crystal display element,

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention, and

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a main part of the liquid crystal display element according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display element comprising an array substrate, a counter substrate disposed so as to face the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, pixels each of which has a plurality of sub pixels corresponding to plural kinds of different colors are formed in a matrix form, wherein each sub pixel has a colored layer provided between the array substrate and the counter substrate corresponding to each color, the respective colored layers are formed in an island-shape and at least some of the colored layers are continuous with one another over the gap between the adjacent pixels.

2. The liquid crystal display element according to claim 1, further comprising a spacer that is disposed at the boundary between the pixels of the colored layers continuous with each other over the gap between the adjacent pixels and keeps the spacing between the array substrate and the counter substrate.

3. The liquid crystal display element according to claim 1, wherein the colored layers comprise four kinds of colored layers corresponding to red color, blue color and two different green colors.