Patent ID: 6362862
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G02F,H04N

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display in which a polarizing plate, first and second phase plates, an upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a drive device, and a lower substrate also serving as a reflection plate are sequentially laminated in a travelling direction of transmitted light, and an absorption axis direction of the polarizing plate and an alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer, which is on the side adjacent to the polarizing plate have a non-parallel relation, wherein each of the first and second phase plates has a wavelength dispersion of a retardation such that a wavelength dispersion of a retardation composite value of the first and second phase plates and the liquid crystal layer is substantially approximated to a retardation curve expressed by a relational expression of one of (0.25+0.5n)&lgr; and (0.5n)&lgr; in a range of wavelengths from 400 nm to 700 nm of said transmitted light,where n is an integer and &lgr; is a wavelength (nm) of the transmitted light.