JP2001108813A - Color filter with spacer, its production method and liquid crystal device using that color filter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save the material for the formation of a spacer and to form a liquid crystal device at a low cost. SOLUTION: A black matrix 2, a color layer consisting of a colored part 9 and a non-colored part 5, a protective layer 10 and a transparent conductive film 11 are formed on a transparent substrate 1. A spacer forming material 13 consisting of a photosensitive resin composition is applied through an ink jet head 12 on the transparent conductive film 11 in a region including the overlapped region of the black matrix 2. Then the material 13 is patterned by exposing through a photomask 14, and an unexposed part is removed to form a spacer 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal device for color display used in a color television, a personal computer, a pachinko game machine, and the like, a color filter as a constituent member of the liquid crystal device, and a method of manufacturing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the development of personal computers,
In particular, with the development of portable personal computers, the demand for color liquid crystal displays tends to increase. However, cost reduction is indispensable for further spread.

Conventionally, as a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal element, a liquid crystal driving element such as a TFT (thin film transistor) or a coloring optical element such as a color filter is provided on a pair of transparent insulating substrates on a glass substrate. After the provision, a transparent electrode and an alignment film are formed. Next, generally, the entire surface of one glass substrate on which the transparent electrode and the alignment film are formed,
True spherical or cylindrical particles of silica, alumina, synthetic resin or the like of about 10 to 10 μm are dispersed as spacers. A liquid crystal element is formed by superposing the pair of glass substrates with the transparent electrodes facing each other via the spacer and sealing the liquid crystal in the gap.

However, in the effective pixel portion (light-transmitting portion), the transmissive / shielded state changes depending on the display state. Therefore, when the spacer is formed of a colorless and transparent material, it becomes a bright point at the time of light-shielding and becomes black. When colored, it is observed as a black spot at the time of transmission, and there is a problem that the display quality is reduced.

In order to solve the above problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
As shown in 173221, JP-A-2-223922, etc., after performing an alignment treatment on an alignment film, a photosensitive polyimide or a photoresist is applied, and exposed through a mask to obtain a polyimide other than an effective pixel portion. And a method of forming a spacer made of resist. According to these methods, a spacer can be formed at an arbitrary density at an arbitrary place, and therefore, the non-uniformity of a liquid crystal cell gap when a liquid crystal is sealed can be improved. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-94230 describes a method of fixing a bead spacer on a light-shielding layer in a region other than an effective pixel portion.

Another method is to use a black matrix having a large thickness as a spacer (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-23703).
No. 2, JP-A-3-184022, JP-A-4-184
122914), a method of using a colored resist overlapped as a spacer (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-82405), and a method of forming a colored pattern on a black matrix and using it as a spacer (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-237032). ) Has been proposed.

[0007]

The improvement methods proposed in each of the above publications use photolithography,
A photosensitive polyimide or a photoresist is applied to the entire surface, and unnecessary portions are removed by a solvent or the like after the application, so that there is a lot of waste of a spacer forming material, and there is a problem in cost.

An object of the present invention is to easily and inexpensively form a spacer having a good cell gap holding function and having no influence on display, and to provide a liquid crystal element excellent in display quality at lower cost.

[0009]

According to a method of manufacturing a color filter with a spacer according to the present invention, a light-shielding layer having a plurality of openings and a colored portion disposed in each opening of the light-shielding layer are formed on a transparent substrate. A colored layer having, at least, a step of forming a color filter by forming a color filter, and a spacer forming material made of a photosensitive resin composition by an inkjet method partially in a region including a region overlapping the light-shielding layer on the color filter. Applying, pattern-exposing and developing the spacer-forming material, and removing the spacer-forming material protruding at least into the opening of the light shielding layer to form a spacer.

According to the present invention, the spacer-forming material comprises a negative-type photosensitive resin composition, a protective layer is formed on a colored layer, and a spacer is formed on the protective layer. A preferred embodiment includes forming a transparent conductive film on the layer and forming a spacer on the transparent conductive film.

Further, in the present invention, an ink receiving layer made of a resin composition is formed on the entire surface of a transparent substrate, and the ink receiving layer is colored by applying a colored ink by an ink jet method to form a colored portion. Or forming a light-shielding layer having an opening with a black resin composition, applying a curable coloring ink composed of a colored resin composition to the opening of the light-shielding layer, and curing the ink to form a colored portion. , As a preferred embodiment.

Further, the present invention provides a color filter having at least a light-shielding layer having a plurality of openings on a transparent substrate, and a coloring layer having a coloring portion disposed in each opening of the light-shielding layer. A color filter with a spacer, comprising a spacer obtained by partially curing a photosensitive resin composition in a region overlapping the light-shielding layer on the color filter, and manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present invention. To provide.

Further, according to the present invention, a liquid crystal is held between a pair of substrates, and one of the substrates is the color filter with a spacer according to the present invention, wherein the distance between the pair of substrates is held by the spacer. And a liquid crystal element characterized by the following.

In the present invention, since the spacer forming material is partially applied to the spacer forming position by the ink jet method, waste of the spacer forming material can be suppressed and the cost can be reduced. Also, since the spacer forming material provided on the color filter exists only in the region overlapping the light-shielding layer, the portion protruding into the opening is removed by pattern exposure, so that it is selectively applied only on the light-shielding layer. At the same time that the spacer can be formed, it can protrude into the opening of the light-shielding layer and give a sufficient amount of spacer forming material to gain the necessary height for the spacer. Can be used.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are process diagrams of an embodiment of a method for manufacturing a color filter with spacers according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a transparent substrate, 2 is a black matrix, 3 is an ink receiving layer, 4 is a photomask, 5 is a non-colored portion, 6 is a portion to be colored, 7 is an ink jet head, 8 is a colored ink, 9
Is a colored portion, 10 is a protective layer, 11 is a transparent electrode, 12 is an inkjet head, 13 is a spacer forming material, 14 is a photomask, and 15 is a spacer. 1 and 2
(A) to (h) are the following steps (a) to (h), respectively.
3 is a schematic sectional view corresponding to FIG.

Step (a) On a transparent substrate 1, a black matrix 2 is formed as a light-shielding layer having an opening, and an ink receiving layer 3 made of a resin composition is formed on the entire surface. In the present invention, a glass substrate is generally used as the transparent substrate 1. However, the substrate is not limited to a glass substrate as long as it has necessary characteristics such as transparency and mechanical strength as a liquid crystal element. Can also be used. The light-shielding layer according to the present invention may be a black stripe.

The black matrix 2 is not particularly limited, and any known black matrix can be used. For example, by etching a laminated film of a metal such as Cr or a metal oxide formed on the transparent substrate 1 into a pattern, or by patterning a black resist applied on the transparent substrate 1,
Can be formed.

The ink receiving layer 3 is made of a resin composition which is cured by light irradiation, heat treatment, or both, and has ink absorbency. Particularly preferably, it is formed of a photosensitive resin composition whose ink absorptivity increases or decreases by light irradiation, and the adjacent colored portion 6 is formed by pattern exposure described later.
A non-colored portion 5 is formed therebetween to prevent color mixing. As such a photosensitive resin composition, an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin, an amide resin, a phenol resin, a polystyrene resin, or the like is used, if necessary, in combination with a photoinitiator (crosslinking agent). This embodiment is an example in which a negative photosensitive resin composition whose ink absorbency is reduced by light irradiation is used.

The photosensitive resin composition is applied onto the transparent substrate 1 by a known method such as a spin coating method, a dipping method, a roll coating method, a bar coating method, a slit coating method and the like, and is prebaked if necessary. This is the receiving layer 3.

It is preferable that the ink receiving layer 3 increases or decreases the ink absorbability by light irradiation and also increases or decreases the ink wettability.

Step (b) By performing pattern exposure through the photomask 4, a colored portion 6 having ink absorbency and a non-colored portion 5 having (or no) ink absorbency lower than the colored portion 6 are formed. I do. In the present embodiment, the photosensitivity of the ink receiving layer 3 is negative, and in this case, the colored portion 9 is formed wider than the opening of the black matrix 2 in order to prevent color loss at the opening of the black matrix 2. In terms of meaning, it is preferable to use a photomask having an opening pattern such that the width of the non-colored portion 5 is smaller than the width of the black matrix 2.

When the photosensitivity of the ink receiving layer 3 is positive, pattern exposure is performed without using a photomask by exposing the back surface of the transparent substrate 1 using the black matrix 2 as a photomask. Is possible.

Step (c) R (red), G (green), and R (red) are applied to the colored portion 6 of the ink receiving layer from the inkjet head 7 along a predetermined colored pattern.
Each colored ink 8 of B (blue) is applied. In the present embodiment, since the non-colored portion 5 having low (or no) ink absorbability intervenes between the adjacent colored portions 6, the ink that has protruded from the colored portion 6 is repelled in the non-colored portion 5, and Color mixing between the colored portions 6 is prevented.

As the colored ink 8 used in the present invention, any of a dye-based ink and a pigment-based ink can be used, and any ink that can be ejected by an ink jet method can be preferably used.

As an ink jet system used in the present invention, a bubble jet type using an electrothermal converter or a piezo jet type using a piezoelectric element can be used as an energy generating element. The pattern can be set arbitrarily.

Step (d) After the colored ink 8 is absorbed and sufficiently diffused in the colored portion 6, a drying process is performed as necessary, and further a necessary process such as light irradiation and heat treatment is performed to form the entire ink receiving layer. Cured,
A colored layer including a non-colored portion 5 and a colored portion 9 is formed.

Step (e) If necessary, a protective layer 10 and a transparent conductive film 11 serving as an electrode for driving liquid crystal in the liquid crystal element are formed. As the protective layer 10, a resin composition layer of a photo-curing type, a thermosetting type, or a thermosetting / light-curing type, or an inorganic film formed by vapor deposition, sputtering, or the like can be used. In any case, any material can be used as long as it has transparency as a color filter and can withstand the subsequent steps of forming a liquid crystal element such as an alignment film forming step and an alignment film forming step. The transparent conductive film 11 is usually formed by depositing ITO (indium tin oxide) by a sputtering method or the like.

Further, in the color filter of the present invention, after forming an alignment film for aligning the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal element on the transparent conductive film 11, a spacer 15 described later is formed.
May be formed.

Step (f) A spacer forming material 13 made of a photosensitive resin composition is partially applied from the ink jet head 12 to a region including a region overlapping the black matrix 2. The photosensitive resin composition used as the spacer forming material 13 preferably contains a homopolymer of a monomer as described below or a copolymer of the monomer and another vinyl monomer. And its content is preferably 0.01 to 30% by mass, and particularly preferably 0.1 to 10% by mass.

Examples of the monomer which is a component of the polymer or copolymer contained in the spacer forming material 13 include N, N-dimethylolacrylamide, N, N-dimethoxymethylacrylamide, N, N- Diethoxymethyl acrylamide, N, N-dimethylol methacrylamide, N, N-dimethoxymethyl methacrylamide,
N, N-diethoxymethyl methacrylamide and the like, but are not limited thereto. These monomers are used as homopolymers or copolymers with other vinyl monomers. Other vinyl monomers, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, methyl acrylate, acrylates such as ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, methacrylates such as ethyl methacrylate, hydroxymethyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, Hydroxymethyl acrylate, vinyl monomers containing a hydroxyl group such as hydroxyethyl acrylate,
Other examples include styrene, α-methylstyrene, acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylonitrile, allylamine, vinylamine, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate and the like.

In the above copolymer, the copolymerization ratio (% by mass) of the above monomer and another vinyl monomer is 100%.
%: 0% to 5%: 95%, preferably 90%: 10%
% To 10%: 90% is desirable.

In the case of a negative type, various photocurable resins and a photopolymerization initiator are added. In addition, various commercially available resins and additives may be added as other components unless a problem such as sticking is caused in the spacer forming material. Specifically, an acrylic resin or an epoxy resin is preferably used.

In the present invention, the spacer forming material 1
As 3, a negative photosensitive resin composition is preferably used. The reason is that when a positive-type photosensitive resin composition is used, when dust is attached to an exposure area of a mask during pattern exposure, a cured spacer forming material is formed in the opening of the black matrix 2. Will be attached,
This is because there is an effect on display, but in the case of a negative type, even if dust is attached to the exposure area of the mask, the display is not affected because only a part of the spacer is lost. The present embodiment is an example using a negative photosensitive resin composition.

In preparing the spacer forming material 13,
The above components are mixed and dissolved with water and / or a known solvent.
For this operation, a known operation can be used. Desirably, the diameter of the dot formed by the spacer forming material 13 discharged by adding an additive such as an additive solvent or a surfactant by the material of the substrate surface forming the spacer 15 (the transparent conductive film 11 in this embodiment) is added. Can be adjusted.

A plurality of spacer forming materials 13 are provided in the substrate in a dot or line shape only at a portion necessary for maintaining a cell gap when a liquid crystal element is formed.
The spacers 15 may be provided in a dispersed manner, and the spacers 15 may be provided repeatedly at each location so that the finally obtained height of the spacer 15 has a desired value. The cell gap of a general liquid crystal element is 1 to
The spacer 15 having a height of 10 μm and a height in this range is also preferably formed in the present invention. In the present invention, in order to remove the spacer forming material 13 that has protruded into the opening of the black matrix 2 in the subsequent step, the spacer forming material 13 that protrudes into the opening can be applied in this step, and a sufficient amount of Spacer forming material 13
To gain height. Therefore, since it is possible to use even a spacer forming material that easily spreads when applied at a low concentration, there is no restriction on viscosity or concentration, and it is possible to prepare and use an ink having physical properties that are optimal for an inkjet method. it can.

As for the ink jet system used for applying the spacer forming material 13, similarly to the application process of the colored ink 8, a bubble jet type using an electrothermal converter as an energy generating element or a piezo using a piezoelectric element is used. A jet type or the like can be used. The driving position and the driving amount of the spacer forming material can be arbitrarily set.

Step (g) After prebaking as required, pattern exposure is performed through a photomask 14 to expose only the spacer forming material 13 in the overlapping area of the black matrix 2. In the present invention, it is sufficient that at least a portion of the spacer forming material 13 protruding into the opening of the black matrix 2 can be removed. Therefore, as in the present embodiment, a photomask 14 having an opening corresponding to the black matrix 2 is used. However, it is also possible to form a spacer having a smaller bottom area by exposing a narrower area in an area overlapping the black matrix 2.

Step (h) After a developing process is performed to remove the spacer forming material 13 protruding into the opening of the black matrix 2, a process such as a heat treatment is performed as needed to form a spacer 15,
The color filter with a spacer of the present invention is obtained. The heat treatment is performed by a known method.

If particularly strict flatness is required, the surface of the spacer 15 may be polished using a polishing tape or the like.

Next, FIGS. 4 and 5 show steps of another embodiment of the method of manufacturing the color filter with spacers of the present invention. In the drawings, the same members as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. In the figure, 32 is a black matrix, 37 is an ink jet head, 38 is a curable colored ink, and 39 is a colored portion. 4A to 5A.
(G) is a schematic sectional view corresponding to each of the following steps (a) to (g).

Step (a) Black matrix 32 having an opening on transparent substrate 1
Is formed with a black resin composition. The black matrix 3
2 is a curable colored ink 3 for forming the colored portion 39
8 has a partition function to prevent color mixing. As such a black resin composition, those having photosensitivity are preferable, and specifically, an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin, an amide resin, a phenol resin, a polystyrene resin, etc. It is used in combination with an initiator (crosslinking agent), and is used by mixing a black dye or pigment.

The above photosensitive black resin composition is applied by a known means such as spin coating, dipping, roll coating, bar coating, slit coating, etc.
After prebaking as necessary, pattern exposure and development are performed to obtain a black matrix 32 having a predetermined pattern.

Step (b) The curable coloring ink 38 is applied to the opening of the black matrix 32 from the ink jet head 37. As the curable colored ink 38, a colored resin composition containing a resin which is cured by energy irradiation such as light irradiation or heat treatment and R, G, B dyes or pigments is used. Examples of the resin include melamine resin, hydroxyl or carboxyl group-containing polymer and melamine, hydroxyl or carboxyl group-containing polymer and polyfunctional epoxy compound, hydroxyl or carboxyl group-containing polymer and cellulose reaction type compound, epoxy resin and resol type resin, epoxy Resins and amines, epoxy resins and carboxylic acids or acid anhydrides, epoxy compounds, negative resists and the like are used.

As the ink jet system, a bubble jet type using an electrothermal converter as an energy generating element, or a piezo jet type using a piezoelectric element, as in the step of applying the colored ink in the first embodiment. And the like can be used, and the coloring pattern can be set arbitrarily.

Step (c) If necessary, a drying process is performed, and a necessary process such as light irradiation and heat treatment is performed to cure the curable coloring ink 38 to form a colored portion 39. In the present embodiment, the coloring section 39 corresponds to a coloring layer of a color filter.

Step (d) As in FIG. 1E, a protective layer 10 and a transparent conductive film 11 are formed as necessary.

Step (e) As in FIG. 2 (f), the spacer forming material 13 is partially applied from the ink jet head 12 to a region including a region overlapping the black matrix 2.

Step (f) As in FIG. 2 (g), the spacer forming material 13 is subjected to pattern exposure.

Step (g) In the same manner as in FIG. 2 (h), after a developing process is performed to remove the spacer forming material 13 protruding into the opening of the black matrix 2, a process such as a heat treatment is performed as necessary. The spacer 15 is formed to obtain the color filter with spacer of the present invention.

FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIGS. 4 and 5 show steps of forming a colored layer of a color filter by an ink jet method. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this. It is also preferably applied to a color filter having a colored layer formed by the pigment dispersion method or the like. In addition, according to the manufacturing method by the ink jet method, it is possible to obtain a flat colored layer with less unevenness as compared with a color filter manufactured by a pigment dispersion method or the like. can do.

Next, an example of the liquid crystal element of the present invention is shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example of a liquid crystal element formed using the color filter with spacer of the present invention shown in FIG. In the figure, 21 is a counter substrate, 22 is a pixel electrode, 16 and 23 are alignment films, and 24 is a liquid crystal. The present liquid crystal element is an example of an active matrix type (so-called TFT type) liquid crystal element in which a TFT (thin film transistor) is arranged for each pixel.

A liquid crystal element for color display is generally formed by aligning the substrate 1 on the color filter side with the counter substrate 21 and sealing the liquid crystal 24. A TFT (not shown) and a transparent pixel electrode 22 are formed in a matrix on the inside of the counter substrate 21. A colored portion 9 of a color filter is provided inside the transparent substrate 1 at a position facing the pixel electrode 22 so that R, G, and B are arranged, and a transparent conductive film 11 (common electrode) is placed thereon. Are formed on one surface.
Further, alignment films 16 and 23 are formed in the planes of both substrates, and by subjecting them to rubbing treatment, liquid crystal molecules can be arranged in a certain direction. These substrates are opposed to each other at a fixed distance by a spacer 15, bonded together by a sealing material (not shown), and the gap is filled with a liquid crystal 24. As the liquid crystal, any of the commonly used TN type liquid crystal and ferroelectric liquid crystal can be used.

In the case of the transmissive type, the liquid crystal element is provided with a polarizing plate outside of both substrates, and generally uses a backlight combining a fluorescent lamp and a scattering plate. The display is performed by disposing a polarizing plate on the outside of the device and making the liquid crystal 24 function as an optical shutter for changing the light transmittance.

In the above embodiments, the TFT type liquid crystal element has been described. However, the present invention is preferably applied to other driving type liquid crystal elements such as a simple matrix type. Further, the liquid crystal element of the present invention is suitably used in both a direct view type and a projection type.

[0056]

EXAMPLE On a glass substrate on which a black matrix of Cr having a size of openings of 60 μm × 150 μm and widths of 21 μm and 35 μm was formed, 97 parts by mass of an acrylic copolymer having the following composition and A resin composition obtained by dissolving 3 parts by mass of nilsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate in ethylcellosorub was coated to a thickness of 2 μm.
m, and prebaked at 90 ° C. for 20 minutes to form an ink receiving layer.

[Composition of acrylic copolymer] Methyl methacrylate 50 parts by mass Hydroxyethyl methacrylate 30 parts by mass N-methylolacrylamide 20 parts by mass

Next, a part of the ink receiving layer on the black matrix is pattern-exposed to a stripe through a photomask having a stripe-shaped opening smaller than the width of the black matrix. Heat treatment was performed for 1 minute. Next, R (red), G
After coloring the striped pattern with continuous dots using (green) and B (blue) dye inks, the ink was dried at 90 ° C. for 5 minutes. Subsequently, heat treatment was performed at 200 ° C. for 60 minutes to cure the entire ink receiving layer to obtain a colored layer.

A two-pack type thermosetting resin composition (“SS6699G” manufactured by JSR) is spin-coated on the colored layer so as to have a thickness of 1 μm, and prebaked at 90 ° C. for 30 minutes. Heat treatment was performed at 230 ° C. for 60 minutes to form a protective layer. Next, ITO was deposited to a thickness of 150 nm by sputtering to obtain a color filter.

A spacer forming material having the following composition was applied to the region overlapping the black matrix on the obtained color filter from the seven-shot inkjet head at 10 pl per spot for every five pixels. In the applied state, the spacer forming material was a droplet having a bottom area of 900 μm ² and a height of 5 μm.

[Composition of Spacer-Forming Material] Glycidyl methacrylate monomer 20% by mass Diazonium salt 1% by mass Ethyl cellosolve acetate 79% by mass

The above spacer-forming material was prebaked at 90 ° C. for 20 minutes.

Thereafter, the black matrix was irradiated with a light amount of 50 mJ.
Through a photomask with an opening in the area overlapping the
Pattern exposure, not exposed with ethyl cellosolve acetate
The light part was removed to form a spacer. Space obtained
Sir has a bottom area of 200 μm ^Two, The upper area is 100 μm^Two,
The height was 5 μm.

A liquid crystal device was formed using the obtained color filter with spacers. As a comparative example, a color filter with spacers was formed in exactly the same manner except that the spacer forming material was not subjected to pattern exposure and development. Configured.

Display was performed on the liquid crystal elements of the example and the comparative example. The liquid crystal element of the example had clear color tone and good contrast, whereas the liquid crystal element of the comparative example had clearness. And the contrast was inferior to the device of the example.

[0066]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Spacers can be easily and selectively formed only in light-shielded areas that do not affect display by the inkjet method,
There is no waste of spacer forming material. Further, a spacer having a desired height can be formed by using a spacer forming material having physical properties optimal for an ink jet method, and a highly reliable spacer can be formed with a high yield. Therefore, according to the present invention, there is no influence on the display by the spacer, the cell gap is kept uniform, and a liquid crystal element with high display quality is provided at lower cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a process chart of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing a color filter with a spacer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a process chart of one embodiment of a method for manufacturing a color filter with a spacer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the liquid crystal element of the present invention configured using the color filter with spacers of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a process chart of another embodiment of the method for producing a color filter with spacers of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a process chart of another embodiment of the method for producing a color filter with spacers of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 transparent substrate 2 black matrix 3 ink receiving layer 4 photomask 5 uncolored part 6 colored part 7 inkjet head 8 colored ink 9 colored part 10 protective layer 11 transparent conductive film 12 inkjet head 13 spacer forming material 14 photomask 15 spacer 16 Alignment film 21 Counter substrate 22 Pixel electrode 23 Alignment film 24 Liquid crystal 32 Black matrix 37 Inkjet head 38 Curable coloring ink 39 Coloring part

Continued on front page F-term (reference) 2H048 BA02 BA11 BA15 BA16 BA17 BA25 BA37 BA57 BA66 BB02 BB14 BB15 BB22 BB37 BB44 2H089 LA09 LA12 MA04X NA07 NA13 PA02 QA12 QA14 TA02 TA12 TA13 2H091 FA03Y FA35Y FB04 FC12 LA04

Claims (8)

[Claims] A step of forming at least a light-shielding layer having a plurality of openings on a transparent substrate and a coloring layer having a coloring portion disposed in each of the openings of the light-shielding layer to form a color filter; A spacer forming material made of a photosensitive resin composition is partially applied to an area including an area overlapping the light shielding layer on the color filter by an inkjet method,
Forming a spacer by pattern-exposing and developing the spacer-forming material and removing the spacer-forming material protruding at least into the opening of the light-shielding layer to form a spacer. . 2. The method for producing a color filter with a spacer according to claim 1, wherein the spacer forming material comprises a negative photosensitive resin composition. 3. The method for producing a color filter according to claim 1, wherein a protective layer is formed on the colored layer, and a spacer is formed on the protective layer. 4. The method for producing a color filter according to claim 1, wherein a transparent conductive film is formed on the colored layer, and a spacer is formed on the transparent conductive film. 5. An ink receiving layer made of a resin composition is formed on the entire surface of a transparent substrate, and the ink receiving layer is colored by applying a colored ink by an ink jet method to form a colored portion. The method for producing a color filter with a spacer according to any one of the above. 6. A light-shielding layer having an opening made of a black resin composition, and a curable coloring ink made of a colored resin composition is applied to the opening of the light-shielding layer and cured to form a colored portion. Item 5. The method for producing a color filter with a spacer according to any one of Items 1 to 4. 7. A color filter having at least a light-shielding layer having a plurality of openings on a transparent substrate, and a coloring layer having a coloring portion disposed in each of the openings of the light-shielding layer. A spacer formed by partially curing the photosensitive resin composition in a region overlapping the light-shielding layer,
A color filter with a spacer, which is manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 1. 8. A color filter with a spacer according to claim 7, wherein a liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates, and the distance between the pair of substrates is held by the spacer. A liquid crystal device characterized by the above-mentioned.