Patent ID: 7586562

Claim:
A liquid crystal display of OCB mode which comprises a backlight unit, a backlight-side polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell of OCB mode and a viewer-side polarizing plate in order, wherein the viewer-side polarizing plate comprises an optically anisotropic layer formed from liquid crystal compound, a first transparent protective film, a polarizing membrane, a second transparent protective film and a light-diffusing layer in order, said viewer-side polarizing plate being so placed that the optically anisotropic layer formed from liquid crystal compound is arranged on a side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the first transparent protective film is a cellulose acetate film having a Re retardation value of 20 to 70 nm and a Rth retardation value of 100 to 500 nm, wherein the light-diffusing layer comprises transparent resin and transparent fine particles dispersed therein, said transparent resin and said transparent fine particles having refractive indices that are different from each other, and wherein the liquid crystal cell of OCB mode comprises a color filter, and a distance between the color filter and the light-diffusing layer of the viewer-side polarizing plate is 0.6 mm or less.