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Transflective liquid-crystal-display device with single retardation film between half-waveplate and liquid crystal layer

  • US 8,502,941 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2010
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transflective liquid-crystal-display (LCD) device comprising:

  • a liquid crystal (LC) layer defining a plurality of pixels each having a transmissive area and a reflective area, at least said transmissive area operating in a lateral-electric-field mode;

    first and second polarizing films sandwiching therebetween said LC layer, said first polarizing film being effective common to said transmissive area and said reflective area, said second polarizing film being effective only to said transmissive area;

    a ½

    wavelength film sandwiched between said first polarizing film and said LC layer;

    another ½

    wavelength film between said second polarizing film and said LC layer; and

    a single retardation film, said retardation film sandwiched between said another ½

    wavelength film and said LC layer,wherein the relationship (nx−

    nz)/(nx−

    ny)=0.3 or (nx−

    nz)/(nx−

    ny)=1.0 and (nx−

    ny)xd is satisfied as per the retardation film,wherein, nx, ny, nz denote a refractive index in the direction of the slow axis of the retardation film, a refractive index in the direction of the fast axis of the retardation film, a refractive index in the thickness direction of the retardation film, respectively,wherein the value defined by (nx−

    nz)/(nx−

    ny)=0.3 or (nx−

    nz)/(nx−

    ny)=1.0 and (nx−

    ny)xd being set approximately equal to the retardation of the LC layer, where d is a thickness of the retardation film,wherein the wavelength dispersion of the birefringence of the retardation film is a reverse dispersion, andwherein each of said pixels includes a pixel electrode driven by a pixel data signal supplied in common to said transmissive area and said reflective area, a first common electrode driven by a first common signal supplied in common to said reflective areas of said plurality of pixels, and a second common electrode driven by a second common signal supplied in common to said transmissive areas of said plurality of pixels.

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