Patent ID: 8395731

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel comprising a backside substrate, a viewer-side substrate, and a liquid crystal layer in between those two substrates, where a pixel area is configured with a reflective display area in which a light from a viewer-side is reflected, and a transmissive display area in which a light from a backside is transmitted, and where a liquid crystal layer at least in a transmissive display area is driven by a horizontal electric field with an applied voltage parallel to a substrate surface, wherein the liquid crystal layer is parallel-aligned, and the liquid crystal layer has a refractive index anisotropy in a display surface thereof, the liquid crystal panel further comprising: circular polarizing plates individually disposed outside of the backside substrate and the viewer-side substrate respectively; and a negative A plate of retardation film disposed in at least either one of intervals between the circular polarizing plates and the liquid crystal layer for reducing the refractive index anisotropy of the liquid crystal layer, wherein a direction of an extraordinary refractive index of the negative A plate is set in a direction in which refractive index anisotropy of the liquid crystal layer under no voltage application is maximum.