Patent ID: 7440047

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer held between an upper substrate and a lower substrate that oppose each other, and a semi-transparent reflective layer provided on an inner side of the lower substrate, the inner side being adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; a first elliptically polarizing plate to cause elliptically polarized light to enter the liquid crystal layer through the upper substrate, the first elliptically polarizing plate including a polarizer and at least one stretched film; and a second elliptically polarizing plate to cause elliptically polarized light to enter the liquid crystal layer through the lower substrate, the second elliptically polarizing plate including a polarizer and at least one stretched film, one of the first and second elliptically polarizing plates further including at least one liquid crystal film fixed in nematic hybrid alignment, and the other of the first and second elliptically polarizing plates further including at least one liquid crystal film fixed in discotic hybrid alignment.