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Liquid crystal display device with positive and negative compensating films each with its optical axis parallel to the surface

US5291323A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1991
Grant dateMar 1, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2011

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

Abstract

In a liquid crystal display device using uniaxially drawn polymer film as a phase difference plate, as the elevation angle becomes wider, the difference between the retardation of the phase difference plate and the retardation of the liquid crystal display panel becomes larger, and the optical compensation relation is broken, and the viewing angle becomes narrower. To solve this problem, uniaxially drawn polymer films are prepared separately from polycarbonate and polystyrene which differ in the optical properties, and they are disposed as the optical compensation plate at the front side and back side of a liquid crystal cell, or they are laminated and disposed at the front side and back side of a liquid crystal cell.

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