Liquid crystal display device having light shielding member with discontinous pattern

Claim 1

A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of image elements arranged like a matrix, comprising: a pair of substrates arranged to oppose to each other; a plurality of first electrodes mounted over one of the paired substrates; at least one second electrode mounted over the other of the paired substrates to oppose to the plurality of first electrodes; liquid crystal material interposed between the first and second electrodes, and the plural areas of said liquid crystal material corresponding to the portions of the first and second plural electrodes which are opposed to each other form plural image elements and the light transmission of said plural image elements are selectively controlled by selectively supplying a current or a voltage having a predetermined value of the first and second electrodes; an electrically conductive opaque member mounted on at least one of the paired substrates so as to have a discontinuous pattern having pattern portions which extend in row and column directions of said matrix between the adjacent image elements to substantially shield light passing through clearances between the adjacent image elements, at least one of said row and column direction extending pattern portions of said discontinuous pattern of said electrically conductive opaque member being cut at a plurality of positions along a direction which is perpendicular to an extending direction of at least one of extending pattern portions, to thereby form said electrically conductive opaque member into discrete portions; and an electrically insulating member interposed between the electrically conductive opaque member and the plurality of first electrodes.