Patent ID: 8269929

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first polarizing plate; a vertically aligned liquid crystal cell disposed above said first polarizing plate, wherein the vertically aligned liquid crystal cell comprises a liquid crystal layer having a retardation larger than 555 nm in a cross section in a thickness direction, and a lower substrate and an upper substrate which sandwich said liquid crystal layer; a negative C plate disposed above said upper substrate of said liquid crystal cell; a biaxial plate disposed above said C plate; a second polarizing plate disposed above said biaxial plate; and a control unit for simple-matrix driving said liquid crystal cell, wherein: said first and second polarizing plates are disposed in a positional relation of generally cross-Nicol; a pretilt angle is given to liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal layer in such a manner that a falling direction of said liquid crystal molecules has in a display plane an angle of about 45° relative to both absorption axes of said first and second polarizing plates when a drive voltage is applied to said liquid crystal cell; said biaxial plate is disposed in such a manner that an in-plane delay phase axis of said biaxial plate is generally perpendicular in the display plane to the absorption axis of said second polarizing plate; and said liquid crystal display device is a normally black type.