Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a common electrode extending over an active area which displays an image and a peripheral area outside the active area, an interlayer insulation film located above the common electrode, a pixel electrode disposed above the interlayer insulation film at an outermost periphery in the active area, a dummy pixel electrode disposed above the interlayer insulation film in the peripheral area and neighboring the pixel electrode, and a first alignment film covering the pixel electrode and the dummy pixel electrode;
• a second substrate including a light-shield layer including a first light-shield portion located at a boundary between the active area and the peripheral area and opposed to a position between the pixel electrode and the dummy pixel electrode, a second light-shield portion located in the active area and a third light-shield portion located in the peripheral area, a color filter opposed to the pixel electrode, a dummy color filter opposed to the dummy pixel electrode, and a second alignment film opposed to the first alignment film;
• a first columnar spacer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the active area, creates a first cell gap in the active area, and is formed at a position opposed to the second light-shield portion;
• a second columnar spacer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the peripheral area, creates a second cell gap that is equal to the first cell gap in the peripheral area, and is formed at a position opposed to the third light-shield portion;
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• a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate.

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• a first substrate including a pixel electrode disposed at an outermost periphery in an active area which displays an image, a dummy pixel electrode disposed in a peripheral area outside the active area and neighboring the pixel electrode, and a first alignment film covering the pixel electrode and the dummy pixel electrode;
• a second substrate including a light-shield layer including a first light-shield portion located at a boundary between the active area and the peripheral area and opposed to a position between the pixel electrode and the dummy pixel electrode, a second light-shield portion located in the active area and a third light-shield portion located in the peripheral area, a color filter opposed to the pixel electrode, a dummy color filter opposed to the dummy pixel electrode, an overcoat layer covering the color filter and the dummy color filter, a common electrode formed on a side of the overcoat layer, which is opposed to the first substrate, and extending over the active area and the peripheral area, and a second alignment film opposed to the first alignment film and covering the common electrode;
• a first columnar spacer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the active area, creates a first cell gap in the active area, and is formed at a position opposed to the second light-shield portion;
• a second columnar spacer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the peripheral area, creates a second cell gap that is equal to the first cell gap in the peripheral area, and is formed at a position opposed to the third light-shield portion;
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• a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate.