Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including switching elements provided for respective pixels;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates;
• a peripheral shield layer defining an active area formed of the first and second substrates and the liquid crystal layer in a non-rectangular shape to display images;
• a first pixel arranged at a peripheral portion of the active area;
• a second pixel located at an inner region of the active area;
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• said peripheral shield layer arranged so as to overlap with a part of the first pixel;
• and
• color filter layers arranged in the first and second pixels, respectively to display the same respective colors, and
• wherein each of the first and second pixels includes first, second and third sub-pixels to display respective different colors,
• the peripheral shield layer overlaps with the first sub-pixel of the first pixel arranged at the peripheral portion of the active area,
• the thickness of a color filter layer arranged in the first sub-pixel of the first pixel where the peripheral shield layer overlaps with the first sub-pixel is smaller than that of a color filter layer arranged in the first sub-pixel of the second pixel, and
• respective first sub-pixels of the first and second pixels display the same color.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including switching elements provided to each pixel;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates;
• a peripheral shield layer defining an active area formed of the first and second substrates and the liquid crystal layer in a non-rectangular shape to display images;
• a first pixel arranged at a peripheral portion of the active area;
• a second pixel located at an inner region of the active area;
• and
• said peripheral shield layer arranged so as to overlap with a part of the first pixel;
• and
• color filter layers arranged in the first and second pixels, respectively to display the same respective colors, and
• wherein each of the first and second pixels includes first, second and third sub-pixels to display respective different colors, and the peripheral shield layer overlaps with the first and second sub-pixels in the first pixel arranged at the peripheral portion of the active area,
• the thickness of a color filter layer arranged in the first sub-pixel of the first pixel where the peripheral shield layer overlaps with the first sub-pixel is smaller than that of a color filter layer arranged in the first sub-pixel of the second pixel, and respective first, second and third sub-pixels of the first and second pixels display same colors, and
• the thickness of a color filter layer arranged in the first and second sub-pixels of the first pixel where the peripheral shield layer overlaps with the first and second sub-pixel is smaller than those of the color filter layers arranged in the first and second sub-pixels in the second pixel, respectively, and the thickness of the second sub-pixel is larger than that of the first sub-pixel in the first pixel.

A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device comprising an active area including a plurality of pixels to display images in a non-rectangular shape, said method comprising:

• providing first and second substrates interposed by a liquid crystal layer therebetween, the first substrate including switching elements provided for respective pixels;
• forming a first pixel arranged at a peripheral portion of the active area;
• forming a second pixel located at an inner region of the active area;
• providing a peripheral shield layer arranged so as to overlap with a part of the first pixel and the peripheral shield layer defining the active area;
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• forming color filter layers arranged in the first and second pixels, respectively to display respective same colors;
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• wherein forming the color filter layers includes,
• forming colored resist layer on a surface of one of the substrates facing the liquid crystal layer and corresponding to the first and second pixels, respectively,
• forming a mask layer on the resist layer,
• patterning the mask layer to develop the colored resist layer,
• irradiating the resist layer through the mask layer,
• developing the colored resist layer, and
• wherein the thickness of the color filter layer arranged in an effective display area of the first pixel where the peripheral layer overlaps with the first pixel is smaller than that of the color filter arranged in the second pixel having a larger effective display area than that of the first pixel.