Patent ID: 7542117

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed so as to be closer to a viewer than the first substrate is; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a light source provided by a side of the first substrate, the light source emitting light toward a side face of the first substrate; and a selective reflection layer formed on a principal face of the first substrate opposite from the viewer; and a light absorbing plate provided on an opposite side from the viewer with respect to the selective reflection layer, the light absorbing plate absorbing light leaking from the selective reflection layer; wherein the selective reflection layer is arranged to selectively reflect light of a specific polarization direction; and the light absorbing plate is formed in such a manner that an optical absorbance of the light absorbing plate increases in a direction from an end of the light absorbing plate closer to the light source toward an end of the light absorbing plate opposite from the light source.