Patent ID: 6933994

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising a first substrate having a reflective layer and a first electrode, a second substrate having a second electrode, and a nematic liquid crystal material with twisted orientation sandwiched between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display includes an anisotropic scattering layer which is provided nearer to a viewing side than to the reflective layer, and whose straight-go transmittance varies depending on the incident angle, and when the viewing direction of the anisotropic scattering layer is designated as the Y-axis direction, and a direction orientated substantially at right angles to the Y-axis direction is designated as the X-axis direction, the anisotropic scattering light is provided with a part in which light entering the anisotropic scattering layer is scattered over a wider angle along the Y-axis direction than along the X-axis direction, and wherein the straight-go transmittance of the anisotropic scattering layer has an incident angle dependence that is symmetrical about a layer normal to the anisotropic scattering layer for both the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, the straight-go transmittance of the anisotropic scattering layer in the direction of the layer normal is lower than the straight-go transmittance thereof in any oblique direction, and maximum straight-go transmittance is substantially the same in value for both the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.