Liquid crystal display devide with a twisted alignment state

Claim 1

A liquid crystal device comprising: a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes arranged thereon; a second substrate having at least one second electrode arranged thereon, said second electrode facing said first electrodes, said second substrate being connected to said first substrate by means of a seal member to face said first substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween; first aligning means for covering at least parts of surfaces of said first electrodes and at least a part of a surface of said first substrate and aligning molecules of a liquid crystal homogeneously in a first direction; second aligning means for covering at least a part of a surface of said at least one second electrode and at least a part of a surface of said second substrate and aligning molecules of said liquid crystal homogeneously in a second direction differing 0° to 90° from said first direction toward a predetermined first rotational direction, as viewed in a traveling direction of transmitting light; a nematic liquid crystal disposed between said first and second substrates, and having an optical anisotropy Δn, with respect to light having a wavelength of 540-550 nm, of 0.12 or below, a positive dielectric anisotropy Δε, a dielectric ratio Δε/ε⊥ of 1.0 or below, expressed by ratio of a dielectric anisotropy Δε to a dielectric constant ε⊥ normal to a molecular axis, and a retardation Δn·d of greater than 0.4 μm and less than 1.0 μm, expressed by a product of said optical anisotropy Δn and a liquid crystal thickness d, said nematic liquid crystal being twisted 180° to 270° between said first and second aligning means in said first rotational direction as viewed in said traveling direction of said transmitting light; and a pair of polarizing plates disposed outside a layer of said nematic liquid crystal.