Patent ID: 11960166
Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A display device comprising:
an organic EL element layer;
a liquid crystal element layer disposed on top of the organic EL element layer; and
a polarizing plate disposed at a side of the liquid crystal element layer that faces an observer,
wherein
the liquid crystal element layer includes two transparent substrates and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two transparent substrates,
the liquid crystal element layer is configured to be able to, by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, cause a substantially quarter-wavelength retardation in light passing through the liquid crystal layer,
the organic EL element layer has a plurality of first pixels,
the plurality of first pixels includes a plurality of primary color pixels,
the liquid crystal element layer has a plurality of second pixels, and
each of the plurality of second pixels is disposed to allow passage of light emitted by two or more of the plurality of first pixels.