LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display device which is configured such that a dot-matrix liquid crystal cell, in which a liquid crystal layer is held between two electrode-equipped substrates, is disposed between a first polarizer plate that is situated on a light source side and a second polarizer plate that is situated on an observer side, a first retardation plate is disposed between the first polarizer plate and the liquid crystal cell such that a slow axis of the first retardation plate forms an angle of about 45°
- with respect to an absorption axis of the first polarizer plate, and a second retardation plate is disposed between the second polarizer plate and the liquid crystal cell such that a slow axis of the second retardation plate forms an angle of about 45°
with respect to an absorption axis of the second polarizer plate, the liquid crystal display device comprising;
a circular polarizer structure including the first polarizer plate and the first retardation plate;
a variable retarder structure including the liquid crystal cell; and
a circular analyzer structure including the second polarizer plate and the second retardation plate, wherein the variable retarder structure has an optically positive normal-directional phase difference in a black display state, each of the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate is a uniaxial ¼
wavelength plate which provides a phase difference of a ¼
wavelength between light rays of a predetermined wavelength that travel along a fast axis and the slow axis thereof, the circular polarizer structure includes a first optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the circular polarizer structure between the first polarizer plate and the first retardation plate, the first optical compensation layer including a uniaxial third retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny<
nz and a uniaxial fourth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>
ny≅
nz, the fourth retardation plate being disposed such that a slow axis of the fourth retardation plate is substantially perpendicular to the absorption axis of the first polarizer plate, the circular analyzer structure includes a second optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the circular analyzer structure between the second polarizer plate and the second retardation plate, the second optical compensation layer including a uniaxial fifth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny<
nz and a uniaxial sixth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>
ny≅
nz, the sixth retardation plate being disposed such that a slow axis of the sixth retardation plate is substantially perpendicular to the absorption axis of the second polarizer plate and is substantially perpendicular to the slow axis of the fourth retardation plate, and the variable retarder structure includes a third optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the variable retarder structure between the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate, the third optical compensation layer including a uniaxial seventh retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny>
nz.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a circular polarizer structure, a circular analyzer structure and a variable retarder structure. The circular polarizer structure includes a uniaxial third retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅ny<nz and a uniaxial fourth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>ny≅nz, which are disposed for optical compensation of the circular polarizer structure. The circular analyzer structure includes a uniaxial fifth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅ny<nz and a uniaxial sixth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>ny≅nz, which are disposed for optical compensation of the circular analyzer structure. The variable retarder structure includes a uniaxial seventh retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅ny>nz, which is disposed for optical compensation of the variable retarder structure.
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20 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display device which is configured such that a dot-matrix liquid crystal cell, in which a liquid crystal layer is held between two electrode-equipped substrates, is disposed between a first polarizer plate that is situated on a light source side and a second polarizer plate that is situated on an observer side, a first retardation plate is disposed between the first polarizer plate and the liquid crystal cell such that a slow axis of the first retardation plate forms an angle of about 45°
- with respect to an absorption axis of the first polarizer plate, and a second retardation plate is disposed between the second polarizer plate and the liquid crystal cell such that a slow axis of the second retardation plate forms an angle of about 45°
with respect to an absorption axis of the second polarizer plate, the liquid crystal display device comprising;
a circular polarizer structure including the first polarizer plate and the first retardation plate;
a variable retarder structure including the liquid crystal cell; and
a circular analyzer structure including the second polarizer plate and the second retardation plate, wherein the variable retarder structure has an optically positive normal-directional phase difference in a black display state, each of the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate is a uniaxial ¼
wavelength plate which provides a phase difference of a ¼
wavelength between light rays of a predetermined wavelength that travel along a fast axis and the slow axis thereof,the circular polarizer structure includes a first optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the circular polarizer structure between the first polarizer plate and the first retardation plate, the first optical compensation layer including a uniaxial third retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny<
nz and a uniaxial fourth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>
ny≅
nz, the fourth retardation plate being disposed such that a slow axis of the fourth retardation plate is substantially perpendicular to the absorption axis of the first polarizer plate,the circular analyzer structure includes a second optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the circular analyzer structure between the second polarizer plate and the second retardation plate, the second optical compensation layer including a uniaxial fifth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny<
nz and a uniaxial sixth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>
ny≅
nz, the sixth retardation plate being disposed such that a slow axis of the sixth retardation plate is substantially perpendicular to the absorption axis of the second polarizer plate and is substantially perpendicular to the slow axis of the fourth retardation plate, andthe variable retarder structure includes a third optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the variable retarder structure between the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate, the third optical compensation layer including a uniaxial seventh retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny>
nz. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- with respect to an absorption axis of the first polarizer plate, and a second retardation plate is disposed between the second polarizer plate and the liquid crystal cell such that a slow axis of the second retardation plate forms an angle of about 45°
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19. A liquid crystal display device which is configured such that a first retardation plate is disposed between a dot-matrix liquid crystal cell, in which a liquid crystal layer is held between two electrode-equipped substrates and a reflective layer is provided on each of pixels, and a polarizer plate such that a slow axis of the first retardation plate forms an angle of about 45°
- with respect to an absorption axis of the polarizer plate, the liquid crystal display device comprising;
a circular polarizer/analyzer structure including the polarizer plate and the first retardation plate; and
a variable retarder structure including the liquid crystal cell, wherein the variable retarder structure has an optically positive normal-directional phase difference in a black display state, the first retardation plate is a uniaxial ¼
wavelength plate which provides a phase difference of a ¼
wavelength between light rays of a predetermined wavelength that travel along a fast axis and the slow axis thereof,the circular polarizer/analyzer structure includes a first optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the circular polarizer/analyzer structure between the polarizer plate and the first retardation plate, the first optical compensation layer including a uniaxial second retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny<
nz and a uniaxial third retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx>
ny≅
nz, the third retardation plate being disposed such that a slow axis of the third retardation plate is substantially perpendicular to the absorption axis of the polarizer plate, andthe variable retarder structure includes a second optical compensation layer which is disposed for optical compensation of the variable retarder structure between the first retardation plate and the liquid crystal cell, the second optical compensation layer including a fourth retardation plate with a refractive index anisotropy of nx≅
ny>
nz. - View Dependent Claims (20)
- with respect to an absorption axis of the polarizer plate, the liquid crystal display device comprising;
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