Liquid-crystal display device

Claim 2

A liquid-crystal display device comprising: an element substrate having: a matrix circuit; a peripheral drive circuit driving said matrix circuit; an opposite substrate being opposite to said element substrate; a sealing member for bonding said element substrate and said opposite substrate together; a substrate interval correction means being disposed in a sealing forming region where said sealing material is formed on the element substrate, wherein said substrate interval correction means includes at least a conductive layer that is not electrically connected to one of the matrix circuit or the peripheral drive circuit.

Claim 3

A device according to claim 1 wherein said substrate interval correction means includes a same material as said matrix circuit.

Claim 4

A device according to claim 1 wherein said matrix circuit includes a plurality of layers each being insulated by a plurality of insulating layers, and said substrate interval correction means includes a same laminate structure as said matrix circuit.

Claim 5

A device according to claim 1 wherein a maximum value of a thickness of said substrate interval correction means is substantially equal to a maximum thickness of said matrix circuit.

Claim 6

A device according to claim 1 wherein said peripheral circuit for driving said matrix circuit is disposed between said matrix circuit and said sealing material on said element substrate.

Claim 7

A liquid-crystal display device comprising: an element substrate comprising a matrix circuit having: a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines which are disposed in a matrix and separated from each other through a first interlayer insulation film, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on cross points of said signal lines and said scanning lines and separated from the signal lines through a second interlayer insulation film, and a peripheral drive circuit for driving said matrix circuit; an opposite substrate being opposite to said element substrate; a sealing material which surrounds said matrix circuit and bonds said element substrate and said opposite substrate together; a substrate interval correction means being formed in a sealing forming region where said sealing material is formed on said element substrate, said substrate interval correction means comprising: a first conductive layer comprising a same material as the scanning lines, said first interlayer insulation film, a second conductive layer comprising a same material as the signal lines, and said second interlayer insulation film, wherein said first conductive layer, said first interlayer insulation film, said second conductive layer, and said second interlayer insulation film are formed in different layers from each other.

Claim 8

A liquid-crystal display device comprising: an element substrate comprising a matrix circuit having: a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines which are disposed in a matrix and separated from each other through a first interlayer insulation film, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on cross points of said signal lines and said scanning lines and separated from the signal lines through a second interlayer insulation film, and a peripheral drive circuit for driving said matrix circuit; an opposite substrate being opposite to said element substrate; a sealing material which surrounds said matrix circuit and bonds said element substrate and said opposite substrate together; a substrate interval correction means being formed in a sealing forming region where said sealing material is formed on said element substrate, said substrate interval correction means comprising: a first conductive layer comprising a same material as the scanning lines, said first interlayer insulation film, a second conductive layer comprising a same material as the signal lines, and said second interlayer insulation film, wherein said first conductive layer, said first interlayer insulation film, said second conductive layer, and said second interlayer insulation film are formed in different layers from each other.

Claim 9

A device according to claim 6 wherein said peripheral drive circuit for driving said matrix circuit is disposed between said matrix circuit and said sealing material on said element substrate.

Claim 10

A device according to claim 6 wherein an end surface of said first conductive layer of the substrate interval correction means is not superimposed on an end surface of said second conductive layer.

Claim 11

A device according to claim 6 wherein said substrate interval correction means has at least a laminate structure which is identical with a region in which said signal lines are superimposed on said scanning lines in said matrix circuit.

Claim 12

A device according to claim 6 wherein a maximum value of a thickness of said substrate interval correction means is substantially equal to a maximum of a thickness of said matrix circuit.

Claim 13

A device according to claim 6 further comrising: an external circuit being formed outside the sealing forming region or an external terminal being formed outside the element substrate; a plurality of wiring elements for connecting said matrix circuit to said external circuit or said external terminal, wherein each of the plurality of wiring elements is formed integrally with said first conductive layer, and wherein said first conductive layer extends toward an outside of said sealing member.

Claim 14

A device according to claim 6 further comprising: an external circuit being formed outside the sealing forming region or an external terminal being formed outside the element substrate; a plurality of wirings for connecting said matrix circuit to said external circuit or said external terminal, wherein each of the plurality of wirings is connected to said first conductive layer inside said sealing forming region, and wherein said first conductive layer extends toward an outside of said sealing forming region.

Claim 15

A device according to claim 6 further comprising, an external circuit being formed outside the sealing forming region or an external terminal being formed outside the element substrate, wherein said second conductive layer is not electrically connected to any one of said matrix circuit, said external circuit and said external terminal.

Claim 16

A device according to claim 6, wherein said first conductive layer comprises a first plurality of linear wirings being disposed at first regular intervals, and wherein said second conductive layer comprises a second plurality of linear wirings in parallel with the signal lines or the scanning lines being disposed at second regular intervals, each of the second plurality of linear wirings being formed in a gap between the first plurality of linear wirings.

Claim 17

A device according to claim 6 wherein said first conductive layer has a zigzags shape with substantially equal width of said sealing material.

Claim 18

A device according to claim 6 wherein said first conductive layer is substantially equal to a pitch of said pixel electrode.

Claim 19

A device according to claim 6, wherein said matrix circuit further includes a plurality of thin-film transistors for driving said pixel electrodes, wherein said first conductive layer is formed together with said scanning lines, and said second conductive layer is formed together with said signal lines.

Claim 20

A liquid-crystal display device comprising: an element substrate comprising a matrix circuit having: a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines which are disposed in a matrix and separated from each other through a first interlayer insulation film, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on cross points of said signal lines and said scanning lines and separated from the signal lines through a second interlayer insulation film, a plurality of thin-film transistors each for operating each of the pixel electrodes, and a peripheral drive circuit for driving said matrix circuit; an opposite substrate being opposite to said element substrate; a sealing material which surrounds said matrix circuit and bonds said element substrate and said opposite substrate together; a substrate interval correction means being formed in a sealing forming region where said sealing material is formed on said element substrate, said substrate interval correction means having: at least a conductive layer comprising a same material as the scanning lines, said first interlayer insulation film, and said second interlayer insulation film, wherein said conductive layer, said first interlayer insulation film, and said second insulation film are formed in different layers from each other, wherein said conductive layer is not electrically connected to any one of the matrix circuit and the peripheral drive circuit.

Claim 21

A liquid-crystal display device comprising: an element substrate comprising a matrix circuit having: a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines which are disposed in a matrix and separated from each other through a first interlayer insulation film, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on cross points of said signal lines and said scanning lines and separated from the signal lines through a second interlayer insulation film, a plurality of thin-film transistors each for operating each of the pixel electrodes, and a peripheral drive circuit for driving said matrix circuit; an opposite substrate being opposite to said element substrate; a sealing material which surrounds said matrix circuit and bonds said element substrate and said opposite substrate together; a substrate interval correction means being formed in a sealing forming region where said sealing material is formed on said element substrate, said substrate interval correction means having: at least a conductive layer comprising a same material as the scanning lines, said first interlayer insulation film, and said second interlayer insulation film, wherein said conductive layer, said first interlayer insulation film, and said second insulation film are formed in different layers from each other, wherein said conductive layer is not electrically connected to any one of the matrix circuit and the peripheral drive circuit.

Claim 22

A device according to claim 18 wherein said peripheral drive circuit for driving said matrix circuit is disposed between said matrix circuit and said sealing material on said element substrate.

Claim 23

A device according to claim 18 further comprising: an external circuit being formed outside the sealing forming region or an external terminal being formed outside the element substrate; a plurality of wirings for connecting said matrix circuit to said external circuit or said external terminal, wherein each of the plurality of wirings is formed integrally with said conductive layer, and wherein said conductive layer extends toward an outside of said sealing member.

Claim 24

A device according to claim 18 further comprising: an external circuit being formed outside the sealing forming region or an external terminal being formed outside the element substrate; a plurality of wirings for connecting said matrix circuit to said external circuit or said external terminal, wherein each of the plurality of wirings is connected to said conductive layer inside said sealing forming region, and wherein said conductive layer extends toward an outside of said sealing forming region.

Claim 25

A device according to claim 18 wherein said conductive layer is disposed along an edge portion of said element substrate and has a plurality of branches.

Claim 26

A device according to claim 22 wherein the branches of said conductive layer are formed in an outer portion of said sealing forming region.