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LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

  • US 20050264732A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2005
  • Published: 12/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

  • a viewing side substrate;

    another substrate opposing the viewing side substrate;

    a liquid crystal layer interposed between the viewing side substrate and the other substrate, the liquid crystal layer being composed of liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy and so is vertically aligned in an initial state;

    an other substrate circularly polarizing member provided outside the other substrate, the other substrate circularly polarizing member enabling substantially circularly polarized light to be incident on the liquid crystal layer; and

    a viewing side circularly polarizing member provided outside the viewing side substrate, the viewing side circularly polarizing member enabling substantially circularly polarized light to be incident on the liquid crystal layer, the viewing side circularly polarizing member including;

    a linearly polarizing plate;

    a first retardation plate that shifts the phase of the incident light by about a quarter wavelength; and

    a second retardation plate having substantially no phase difference in the plane thereof and having a phase difference in the normal direction thereof, the liquid crystal, the linearly polarizing plate, and the first and second retardation plates satisfying the following relationships;

    1) in the case that 0.8×

    Δ



    d−

    160<



    Rc<

    0.8×

    Δ



    d−

    =20, then
    θ

    1=0.25×

    2×

    Rc−

    0.2×

    Δ



    d+
    15+/−

    5 and
    θ

    2=θ

    1+45°

    ;

    2) in the case that 2×

    Rc<

    0.8×

    Δ



    d−

    160, then
    θ

    1=−

    25° and


    θ

    2=+20°

    ; and

    3) in the case that 0.8×

    Δ



    d−

    20<



    Rc, then
    θ

    1=+10° and


    θ

    2=+55°

    wherein Rc is the phase difference of the second retardation plate, Δ

    n is the refractive index anisotropy of the liquid crystal, d is the thickness of the liquid crystal layer, θ

    1 is the angle of the absorption axis of the linearly polarizing plate with respect to a 0°

    horizontal direction of the viewing side circularly polarizing member in plan view assuming the counterclockwise rotation in plan view is positive, and θ

    2 is the angle of the slow axis of the first retardation plate with respect to a 0°

    horizontal direction of the viewing side circularly polarizing member in plan view assuming the counterclockwise rotation in plan view is positive.

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