Reflective LCD whose color filter pattern extends outside display region and whose seal overlaps color filter

A liquid crystal display element including a display mode of a reflective type, comprising:

• a matrix of reflective pixel electrodes of reflective conductive material, and corresponding switching elements in communication with the pixel electrodes;
• an active matrix substrate and a color filter substrate attached together by a sealing material, and a gap being defined therebetween into which liquid crystal material is injected;
• said active matrix substrate including a gate signal line by which a driving signal to drive one of the switching elements is input, and a source signal line overlapping said gate signal line and by which a display signal is input;
• said color filter substrate including a color filter having a color layer of a plurality of colors;
• wherein said color layer of said color filter is formed with the same pattern and same pitch and with the same material in both a display region and in a frame region on the outer periphery of the display region within the color filter substrate;
• wherein the sealing material attaching said substrates together overlaps the color layer of the color filter on the color filter substrate via an overlapping width less than 50% of the width of the sealing material, and a thickness of the sealing material overlapping the color layer is more than 5 μm;
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• wherein at least one of the gate signal line and the source signal line comprises a transparent conductive film.

A liquid crystal display element including a display mode of a reflective type, comprising:

• a matrix of reflective pixel electrodes of reflective conductive material, and corresponding switching elements in communication with the pixel electrodes;
• an active matrix substrate and a color filter substrate attached together by a sealing material, and a gap being defined therebetween into which liquid crystal material is injected;
• said active matrix substrate including a gate signal line by which a driving signal to drive one of the switching elements is input, and a source signal line overlapping said gate signal line and by which a display signal is input;
• said color filter substrate including a color filter having a color layer of a plurality of colors;
• wherein said color layer of said color filter is formed with the same pattern and same pitch and with the same material in both a display region and in a frame region on the outer periphery of the display region within the color filter substrate;
• wherein the sealing material attaching said substrates together overlaps the color layer of the color filter on the color filter substrate via an overlapping width less than 50% of the width of the sealing material, and a thickness of the sealing material overlapping the color layer is more than 5 μm;
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• wherein at least one film selected from a nitride film and an oxide film each including light-transmissiveness is provided on at least one of the gate signal line and the source signal line.