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Liquid crystal display device with compensation and LC twist angle varying in a nonlinear fashion in the thickness direction

US5241408A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1992
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1396
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a liquid crystal display device having a voltage-driven liquid crystal cell sandwiched between two spaced polarizers, the cell comprises a liquid crystal layer having a twisted molecular alignment with no applied voltage and also having an optical rotary power with respect to visible rays. In the vicinity of the cell or in close contact therewith, there is disposed an optically anisotropic layer having an optical rotary power smaller than that of the cell.

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