Patent ID: 7589811

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal layer including homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecules is held between a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed to be opposed to each other; a first optical element which is provided on one of outer surfaces of the liquid crystal display panel and includes a first polarizer plate, and a first retardation plate and a second retardation plate which are disposed between the first polarizer plate and the liquid crystal display panel, and in the first optical element, an angle between an absorption axis of the first polarizer plate and a slow axis of the second retardation plate is set at about 45°, a slow axis of the first retardation plate and a director of the liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal layer are set to be substantially parallel, and an angle between the slow axis of the first retardation plate and the slow axis of the second retardation plate is set at about 90°; and a second optical element which includes a second polarizer plate provided on an other outer surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and in the second optical element, an angle between an absorption axis of the second polarizer plate and the absorption axis of the first polarizer plate is set at about 90°, wherein the first retardation plate includes a liquid crystal film layer which imparts a predetermined retardation to light of a predetermined wavelength and in the first retardation plate nematic liquid crystal molecules are solidified in a state in which the nematic liquid crystal molecules are hybrid-aligned along a normal direction.