Patent ID: 7307679
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a pair of a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other, and at least one of which has an electrode, a liquid-crystal layer being sandwiched in between the pair of the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising liquid-crystal molecules aligned along with a first alignment axis and a second alignment axis respectively formed on facing surfaces of the first and second substrates, a pair of a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate disposed sandwiching the liquid-crystal layer, the first polarizing plate being disposed nearer to the first substrate than the second polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate being disposed nearer to the second substrate than the first polarizing plate, and at least a first optically anisotropic layer disposed between the liquid-crystal layer and the first polarizing plate, and comprising at least one liquid crystal compound which is aligned along with a third alignment axis and is fixed in the alignment state; wherein disposition of the pair of the first substrate and the second substrate, the pair of the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate and the first optically anisotropic layer satisfies at least one of Condition (1) and Condition (2), and viewing angle in a vertical direction and/or viewing angle in a horizontal direction are/is better than those found in disposition that satisfies neither of Condition (1) nor Condition (2); Condition (1) the first alignment axis is not parallel to a transmission axis of the first polarizing plate, and the second alignment axis is not parallel to a transmission axis of the second polarizing plate; and Condition (2) the first alignment axis is not parallel to the third alignment axis.