Abstract:
A first polarizer and a second polarizer have respective absorption axes extending approximately perpendicularly to each other, and a first retardation plate and a third retardation plate have respective slow axes extending approximately perpendicularly to each other. The first retardation plate and the third retardation plate have respective retardations that are approximately equal to each other, and have respective Nz coefficients that are approximately equal to each other. A second retardation plate and a liquid crystal layer in a transmissive display area have a slow axis and an orientation axis, respectively, extending approximately perpendicularly to each other. The second retardation plate and the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display area have respective retardations that are approximately equal to each other.
Abstract:
A planar light source includes a backlight that emits light in a planar shape, a ray direction regulating element that regulates a direction of light made incident from the backlight and emits the light, whereby a directivity of the light is improved, and in which a transparent area for transmitting light and an absorption area for absorbing light are formed, and a transparent and scattering switching element that is switchable between a state in which light which is transmitted by the ray direction regulating element and made incident on the switching element is transmitted and a state in which the light is scattered. The transparent areas are formed in a shape of a matrix including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, the transparent and absorption areas are formed alternately, and the absorption area is formed so that the transparent areas are separated.
Abstract:
An optical element comprises a pair of substrates each having an electrode and bonded together with a gap therebetween and a light adjusting material including a liquid crystal and enclosed in the gap. Each of the pair of substrates has an electrode connecting portion to be connected to an external circuit. At least a part of the electrode connecting portion of each of the substrates is located on the same side as that of the optical element. The electrode connecting portion of one of the substrates and the electrode connecting portion of the other of the substrates have respective electrode portions at regions that are not opposed to each other. The electrode portion of each of the electrode connecting portions is connected to the external circuit.
Abstract:
To suppress light leakage at the time of dark state, and to provide a liquid crystal display device whose electrodes in the reflection areas can be formed with high precision. The liquid crystal display device has a reflection area within a pixel unit by corresponding at least to a reflection plate forming part, and the reflection area is driven with a lateral electric field mode and normally-white. A driving electrode for forming an electric field to a liquid crystal layer of the reflection area is formed on the reflection plate via an insulating film by using a non-transparent electric conductor.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprises a plurality of pixels arrayed in a first direction and a second direction, each of the pixels having a reflective area in at least a portion thereof. The reflective area comprises a surface-irregularity film that is a film having a plurality of surface irregularities, a light reflecting film disposed as an upper layer over the surface-irregularity film, and an electrode group disposed as an upper layer over the light reflecting film. The electrode group in each of the pixels that are arrayed in at least the first direction comprises at least two types of electrode patterns having different layouts.
Abstract:
A light source is provided including, a backlight that emits light in a planar shape, a ray direction regulating element that regulates a direction of light made incident from the backlight and emits the light and in which a transparent area for transmitting light and an absorption area for absorbing light are formed alternately in a direction perpendicular to a light regulating direction thereof, and a transparent and scattering switching element that is capable of switching a state in which light made incident from the ray direction regulating element is transmitted and a state in which the light is scattered.
Abstract:
In the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, a circular polarizer is provided to each of a pair of substrates that hold a liquid crystal layer, wherein the circular polarizer on the display surface side is composed of a polarizer, λ/2 plate in which Rth>0, and a λ/4 plate in which Rth 0. Rth is a retardation in the thickness direction of a λ/2 plate or a λ/4 plate. A reduction is achieved in the absolute value of the sum of the Rth between the λ/2 plate for which Rth>0 and the λ/2 plate for which Rth 0. A circular polarizer having excellent wavelength characteristics and excellent viewing angle characteristics when viewed at an angle is thereby obtained, and a liquid crystal display device and a terminal device that use the circular polarizer are obtained.
Abstract:
In a formation method for forming a fine structure in a workpiece (30) containing an etching control component, using an isotropic etching process, a mask (32, 34) having an opening (36) is applied to the workpiece, and the workpiece is etched with an etching solution (38) to thereby form a recess (40), corresponding to a shape of the opening, in a surface of the workpiece. The etching of the workpiece is stopped due to the etching control component eluted out of the workpiece in the etching solution within the recess during the isotropic etching process.
Abstract:
An LCD device in an LCD projector includes a TFT substrate, a counter substrate, an LC layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, and a pair of compensation substrates attached onto the outer surfaces of the TFT substrate and the counter substrate far from the LC layer. The compensation substrate has a negative coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) for compensating the retardation caused by a temperature rise of the TFT substrate and the counter substrate due to irradiation thereof by a light source.
Abstract:
A semi-transmissive liquid-crystal panel is a useful mobile display device which can provide a clear image in both dark and bright places. However, there has been needed a light-weighted and highly durable display device with a lower power consumption, pursing advantages of a single transparent/reflection type liquid-crystal panel. According to this invention, there is provided a liquid crystal display panel comprising a rear-emitting light source, comprising a liquid crystal device formed on a first substrate in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a transparent first electrode and a transparent second electrode which at least face each other and a rear-emitting light source for the liquid crystal device formed on a second substrate in which a thin-film flat light emitting device is sandwiched between an optically opaque third electrode and a transparent fourth electrode which at least face each other, wherein the third electrode is a reflection film disposed in the side of the second substrate, which reflects an outside light entering via the liquid crystal layer into the liquid crystal layer; and the fourth electrode is disposed facing the second electrode, and the insulating film sandwiched between the fourth electrode and the second electrode is a film continuously formed on the fourth electrode.