Liquid crystal display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a liquid crystal display panel having a substrate to which an optical sheet is affixed, the area of the substrate being greater than the area of the optical sheet;
• a protective plate disposed so that the optical sheet intervenes between the protective plate and the substrate and so that a predetermined space is formed between the protective plate and the optical sheet;
• a spacer that has a predetermined thickness and that is formed into a frame shape corresponding to the outer shape of the optical sheet and that is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the protective plate so that the edge of the optical sheet is located between the outer shape of the frame and the inner shape of the frame;
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• a resin layer that is filled into the space corresponding to a region enclosed by the spacer and that is polymerized after filling.

A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• preparing a liquid crystal display panel having a substrate to which an optical sheet is affixed, the area of the substrate being greater than the area of the optical sheet;
• installing, in the liquid crystal display panel, a spacer that has a predetermined thickness and that is formed into a frame shape corresponding to the outer shape of the optical sheet, the spacer being installed so that the edge of the optical sheet is located between the outer shape of the frame and the inner shape thereof;
• filling an unpolymerized resin onto the liquid crystal display panel in a region enclosed by the spacer;
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• polymerizing the unpolymerized resin after a protective plate is laid over the liquid crystal display panel.