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Liquid crystal display device and retardation film
Assignee: Kuraray Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-06-20
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Granted: 1992-03-03
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Expires: 2010-06-20
Abstract
Abstract PCT No. PCT/JP90/00805 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 29, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 29, 1991 PCT Filed Jun. 20, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/16006 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 27, 1990.This invention relates to an STN liquid crystal display device and a retardation means, in which coloring caused by wavelength dependency of a birefringent effect is compensated for and decolored by using a novel combination of retardation films. At least a pair of retardation films manufactured by stretching a polymeric film and having positive and negative intrinsic birefringence values are arranged such that their main stretching directions cross each other. Coloring is decolored and at the same time viewing angle dependency of display is minimized by this arrangement. Decolored black-and-white display having small viewing angle dependency can be obtained, bright display with less light absorption is realized, and the thickness of the display device can be decreased.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Aida
- 👤 Osamu Yoshimura
- 👤 Motonao Arai
- 👤 Satofumi Koike
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 20:27
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/13363; G02F1/137; G02F1/139; G02F1/1396; G02F1/1397; G02F2202/00; G02F2202/40; G02F2413/00; G02F2413/02; G02F2413/08; G02F2413/13; G02F2413/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel constituted by a nematic liquid crystal layer with positive dielectric anisotropy, having a twisted structure with a twisting angle of 180° to 300° and a pair of electrode substrates for sandwiching said liquid crystal layer, a pair of polarizing plates arranged on both the sides of said liquid crystal panel, and a retardation means for color compensation arranged between said pair of polarizing plates, characterized in that said retardation means is constituted by a combination of at least two retardation films, i.e., a first retardation film having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a second retardation film having a negative intrinsic birefringence value, manufactured by stretching a polymeric film and arranged such that main stretching directions thereof cross each other within an angle range of 90°±35°.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel constituted by a nematic liquid crystal layer with positive dielectric anisotropy, having a twisted structure with a twisting angle of 180° to 300° and a pair of electrode substrates for sandwiching said liquid crystal layer, a pair of polarizing plates arranged on both the sides of said liquid crystal panel, and a retardation means for color compensation arranged between said pair of polarizing plates, characterized in that said retardation means is constituted by a combination of at least two retardation films, i.e., a first retardation film having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a second retardation film having a negative intrinsic birefringence value, manufactured by stretching a polymeric film and arranged such that main stretching directions thereof cross each other within an angle range of 90°±35°.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, characterized in that said retardation film is a uniaxially stretched product or an anisotropic biaxially stretched product of a polymeric film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, characterized in that said first retardation film is a stretched film consisting of a polycarbonate resin or a cellulosediacetate resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, characterized in that said second retardation film is a stretched film consisting of an acrylic resin or a styrene-based resin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
A retardation means comprising a multilayered body of at least two retardation films, i.e., a first retardation film having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a second retardation film having a negative intrinsic birefringence value, characterized in that said first and second retardation films are manufactured by stretching a polymeric film and arranged such that main stretching directions thereof cross each other within an angle range of 90°±35°.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
68 words
A retardation means comprising a multilayered body of at least two retardation films, i.e., a first retardation film having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a second retardation film having a negative intrinsic birefringence value, characterized in that said first and second retardation films are manufactured by stretching a polymeric film and arranged such that main stretching directions thereof cross each other within an angle range of 90°±35°.
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