Display panel

摘要

A display panel includes a pair of substrates arranged face to face with each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, at least a pair of electrodes each provided on a corresponding one of facing surfaces of the substrates, and a display substance provided between the electrodes. A picture element is made up of a pair of facing portions of the electrodes and a portion of the display substance situated between the facing portions. At least one of the electrodes is made up of a multiplicity of picture element electrodes formed of a transparent conductive film and juxtaposed to each other and a contact metal member for substantially making an electrical connection of a plurality of ones of the picture element electrodes. The contact metal member is made up of a first layer made of chromium or a chromium alloy and a second layer formed on the first layer and made of nickel or gold.