Display device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device

Abstract

A display device includes a display section in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines which select pixels, a plurality of signal lines which supply image signals to the selected pixels, and color filters that are arranged so as to correspond to color displays of the pixels. In the device, the display section includes an effective pixel portion and a frame portion that surrounds the effective pixel portion, and the frame portion and a wiring circuit of the effective pixel portion are covered with light-shielding layers, the light-shielding layers being separated from each other at a certain separation location in the display section, and a plurality of color filters having different colors are arranged by being stacked at the separation location.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display device comprising:
 a pixel substrate;   a counter substrate including
 color filters that are arranged so as to correspond to a plurality of pixel areas, and 
 a light-shielding layer that defines the pixel areas; 
   an effective pixel portion in which the pixel areas are arrayed;   a frame portion that surrounds the effective pixel portion; and   a seal material that is disposed in the frame portion and that binds the pixel substrate and the counter substrate, the seal material having an inner edge and an outer edge that define a width of the seal material,   wherein   the light-shielding layer is further disposed in the frame portion and has an inner edge and an outer edge that define a width of the light-shielding layer in the frame portion,   the inner edge of the light shielding layer defines the effective pixel portion, and   the outer edge of the seal material lies outward relative to the outer edge of the light-shielding layer.   
     
     
         2 . The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the counter substrate includes a base substrate on which the color filters and the light shielding layer are disposed, the base substrate facing the pixel substrate, and   the seal material has a first portion that is in direct contact with the base substrate and that is not in contact with the light-shielding layer in the frame portion.   
     
     
         3 . The display device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the seal material has a second portion that is in direct contact with the light-shielding layer in the frame portion.   
     
     
         4 . The display device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the first portion is positioned outward relative to the second portion.   
     
     
         5 . The display device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the seal material overlaps the outer edge of the light-shielding layer in the frame portion.   
     
     
         6 . The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the outer edge of the seal material lies between the outer edge of the light-shielding layer and an edge of the second substrate.   
     
     
         7 . The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 an edge of the counter substrate is adjacent to an edge of the pixel substrate in a plan view,   the inner edge of the light-shielding layer is placed inward relative to the inner edge of the seal material, and   the inner edge of the seal material is located between the inner edge of the light-shielding layer and the edge of the second substrate in the frame portion.   
     
     
         8 . The display device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 a distance between the inner edge of the light shielding layer and an inner edge of the seal material is smaller than a distance between the inner edge of the seal material and the edge of the counter substrate.   
     
     
         9 . The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the seal material is insulative.