Liquid crystal display
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a display panel;
a reflective polarizer that is provided under the display panel to transmit light linearly polarized in a first direction and to reflect light linearly polarized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
an optical retarder that is provided under the reflective polarizer; and
a backlight unit that is provided under the optical retarder and includes a light source for supplying light to the display panel, wherein the reflective polarizer is made of alternating layers of two media have same index of refraction in the first direction and the different indices of refraction in the second direction.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display is provided with a reflective polarizer and an optical retarder between an absorbing polarizer and a backlight unit. This structure recycles light that would ordinarily be removed by absorption in conventional LCDs to be used for the display, so that light efficiency and display luminance of the LCD are improved.
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a display panel;
a reflective polarizer that is provided under the display panel to transmit light linearly polarized in a first direction and to reflect light linearly polarized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
an optical retarder that is provided under the reflective polarizer; and
a backlight unit that is provided under the optical retarder and includes a light source for supplying light to the display panel, wherein the reflective polarizer is made of alternating layers of two media have same index of refraction in the first direction and the different indices of refraction in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a display panel;
a reflective polarizer that is provided under the display panel and includes a selective reflection film that transmits light linearly polarized in a first direction and reflects light linearly polarized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and an optical retardation film that is coated on a lower surface of the selective reflection film; and
a backlight unit that is provided under the reflective polarizer and includes a light source for supplying light to the display panel, wherein the reflective polarizer is made of alternating layers of two media have same index of refraction in the first direction and the different indices of refraction in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a display panel;
a reflective polarizer that is provided under the display panel to transmit light linearly polarized in a first direction and to reflect light linearly polarized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a first absorbing polarizer having a transmission axis in the first direction that is provided between the display panel and the reflective polarizer;
a second absorbing polarizer having a transmission axis in the second direction that is attached to an upper surface of the display panel; and
a backlight unit that is provided under the optical retarder and includes a light source for supplying light to the display panel, wherein the reflective polarizer is made of alternating layers of two media have same index of refraction in the first direction and the different indices of refraction in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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