Display panel

A display panel, comprising:

• a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other having a gap therebetween;
• spacers formed in the first substrate, the spacers defining the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor formed in the second substrate, the thin film transistor driving the pixel electrode;
• and
• a polymer network liquid crystal filled between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein the spacers has a light-shielding property, and each disposed in a location that faces the thin film transistor, and an outer periphery of each of the spacers is located outside an outer periphery of a channel region of the thin film transistor at a distance of at least 10 μm greater than a sum of “a length of the channel region,” “a height of a surface of an uppermost layer in the second substrate from a surface of the channel region,” and “a thickness of the polymer network liquid crystal,” when viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a plane direction of the first substrate and the second substrate.

A display panel, comprising:

• a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other having a gap therebetween;
• a spacer that has a light-shielding property and that borders pixels in the first substrate, the spacer defining the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor formed in the second substrate, the thin film transistor driving the pixel electrode;
• and
• a polymer network liquid crystal filled between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein the spacer has a portion that faces the thin film transistor, and an outer periphery of the portion that faces the thin film transistor is located outside an outer periphery of a channel region of the thin film transistor at a distance of at least 10 μm greater than a sum of “a length of the channel region,” “a height of a surface of an uppermost layer in the second substrate from a surface of the channel region,” and “a thickness of the polymer network liquid crystal,” when viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a plane direction of the first substrate and the second substrate.