Display device

1. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate having an active area where an image is displayed, a nonactive area where an image is not displayed, and a sealing area;

a second substrate having a thin film transistor and arranged to face the first substrate;

a pixel image layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the active area;

a sealing member sealing between the first substrate and the second substrate in the sealing area; and

a sealing area cell gap maintenance region provided in the sealing area to maintain a sealing area cell gap distance that is an internal distance between the first substrate and the second substrate in the sealing area as the same distance as an active area cell gap that is an internal distance between the first substrate and the second substrate in the active area,

wherein, in the active area, the display device further comprises:

a plurality of active area color filters disposed on a surface of a first base substrate facing the second substrate;

a plurality of active area black matrixes disposed on the surface of the first base substrate between two adjacent active area color filters, wherein at least part of the two adjacent active area color filters cover the active area black matrix;

an active area overcoat disposed on the plurality of active area color filters; and

an active area cell gap maintenance-column spacer disposed on a surface of the active area overcoat where an active area black matrix, an active area color filter, and the active area overcoat are stacked,

wherein the sealing area cell gap maintenance region comprises:

a layered sealing area cell gap maintenance portion disposed on the surface of the first base substrate; and

a sealing area cell gap maintenance-column spacer disposed on a surface of the layered sealing area cell gap maintenance portion facing the second substrate;

wherein the layered sealing area cell gap maintenance portion comprises:

a sealing area black matrix disposed on the surface of the first base substrate;

a sealing area color filter disposed on the sealing area black matrix; and

a sealing area overcoat disposed on the sealing area color filter; and

wherein the sealing area cell gap distance and the active area cell gap are uniformly maintained by the sealing area cell gap maintenance region.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel image layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate comprises a liquid crystal material.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel image layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate comprises an organic light emitting diode.

4. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of active area color filters includes at least one of an R color filter for displaying R (red) color, a G color filter for displaying G (green) color, and a B color filter for displaying B (blue) color in the active area;

wherein the plurality of active area black matrixes are provided between the adjacent two active area color filters selected from the R color filter, the G color filter, and the B color filter to prevent two or more color mixtures;

wherein the active area cell gap maintenance-column spacer provided between the active area overcoat and the second substrate which uniformly maintains an internal thickness of the active area; and

wherein the display device further comprises:

an active area touch column spacer disposed on the surface of the active area overcoat, and formed to be shorter than a length of the active area cell gap maintenance-column spacer, thereby preventing an occurrence of spots due to pressure applied from an outside of the active area.

5. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the active area cell gap maintenance-column spacer has a tapered shape with respect to the surface of the active area overcoat, and

wherein the sealing area cell gap maintenance-column spacer has the tapered shape with respect to a surface of the layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion.

6. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the nonactive area comprises a bezel area provided on a periphery of the active area, and

the display device further comprises a bezel area cell gap maintenance region provided between the first base substrate and the second substrate of the bezel area to maintain a bezel area cell gap, which is an internal distance between the first substrate and the second substrate in the bezel area, uniformly with the active area cell gap, which is the internal distance of the first substrate and the second substrate in the active area.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the bezel area cell gap maintenance region comprises:

a layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion disposed on the surface of the first base substrate facing the second substrate and formed in a layered structure in a direction from the surface of the first base substrate of the bezel area toward the second substrate; and

a bezel area cell gap maintenance-column spacer disposed on a surface of the layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the bezel area cell gap maintenance region further comprises:

a bezel area touch column spacer disposed on the surface of the layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion, and formed to be shorter than a length of the bezel area cell gap maintenance-column spacer, thereby preventing an occurrence of spots due to pressure applied from an outside of the bezel area.

9. The display device of claim 7 ,

wherein the bezel area cell gap maintenance-column spacer has a tapered shape with respect to the surface of the layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion.

10. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion comprises:

a bezel area black matrix layer disposed on a side of the first base substrate of the bezel area to prevent transmission of light incident from outside the second substrate; and

a bezel area color filter disposed on a surface of the bezel area black matrix layer facing the second substrate, and

wherein the bezel area black matrix layer comprises:

a first bezel area black matrix structure provided adjacent to the active area;

a second bezel area black matrix structure provided adjacent to the sealing area while being spaced apart from the first bezel area black matrix structure; and

a slit provided between the first bezel area black matrix structure and the second bezel area black matrix structure.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the layered bezel area cell gap maintenance portion further comprises:

a bezel area overcoat disposed on a surface of the bezel area color filter facing the second substrate to planarize the surface of the bezel area color filter.