Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor

A liquid crystal display device comprising a transparent substrate, plural data lines and plural gate lines that section a surface of said transparent substrate into plural pixel regions, wherein each of said plural pixel regions includes:

• a thin film transistor having a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode, one of said source electrode and said drain electrode being electrically connected to one of said data lines, said gate electrode electrically connected to one of said gate lines;
• a pixel electrode electrically coupled to another of said source electrode and said drain electrode of said thin film transistor;
• and
• an electrically conductive and light shielding layer located at least at a boundary between the pixel region and at least one adjacent pixel region, said electrically conductive and light shielding layer extending along at least about 1/2 of one side of the pixel region and insulated and separated from said data lines and said gate lines, and electrically connected to the pixel electrode.