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Liquid crystal display apparatus with positive and negative phase plates with specific positions of slow axes

US5235450A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1991
Grant dateAug 10, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2413/08
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a twist supertwisted nematic liquid crystal panel (1) including a liquid crystal layer (8) provided between first and second transparent substrates (2, 3), and a first phase plate group (11; 13, 14) including at least one uniaxially stretched polymer film arranged on the outer surface of the first substrate (2). The apparatus further includes a first polarizing plate (9) arranged on the first phase plate group (11; 13, 14) and a second phase plate group (12; 15, 16) including at least one uniaxially stretched polymer film arranged on the outer surface of the second substrate (3) and. Finally, the apparatus includes a second polarizing plate (10) arranged on the second phase plate group (12; 15, 16), wherein at least one of the uniaxially stretched polymer films (11, 12; 13, 14, 15, 16) has positive optical anisotropy and the others have negative optical anisotropy.

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