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Liquid crystal display device and phase plate therefor
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1990-03-16
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Granted: 1993-06-15
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Expires: 2010-03-16
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element formed by holding, between two substrates at least one of which has a light-permeable electrode, a liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules of a nematic liquid crystal having positive dielectric anisotropy and containing an optically active substance has a helical axis perpendicular to the substrates between the substrates and are helically oriented, and the liquid crystal molecules between the substrates have a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees, and a phase plate formed by stacking water surface development films of an organic polymer with changing the orientation axes thereof at a constant angle, wherein the contrast ratio, a ratio between brightness in white display and brightness in black display, is remarkably excellent over that of a device obtained by stacking plastic films, and the transmissivity, a quotient of background brightness and light source brightness, is equivalent to that of a conventional double layer structure liquid crystal display device.
Inventors
- 👤 Hisao Yokokura
- 👤 Teruo Kitamura
- 👤 Akio Mukoh
- 👤 Junichi Hirakata
- 👤 Yasuhiko Kando
- 👤 Isoji Sakai
- 👤 Yasuo Fujimura
- 👤 Noboru Masutani
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-27 14:12
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/30; G02B5/3083; B; B29; B29C; B29C55/00; B29D; B29D11/00; B29D11/0074; G02F1/13363; G02F1/133636; B29K; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/0079; G02F1/137; G02F1/139; G02F1/1396; G02F1/1397; G02F2202/00; G02F2202/40; G02F2413/00; G02F2413/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element comprising two substrates at least one of which has a light-permeable electrode, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the two substrates, with liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees, and an optical phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element and comprised of a plurality of films stacked on each other, each of said films being made of an organic polymer and having an orientation axis, adjacent films of the plurality of films having a direction of the orientation axis changed at a constant angle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element comprising two substrates at least one of which has a light-permeable electrode, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the two substrates, with liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees, and an optical phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element and comprised of a plurality of films stacked on each other, each of said films being made of an organic polymer and having an orientation axis, adjacent films of the plurality of films having a direction of the orientation axis changed at a constant angle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
A device according to claim 1, which comprises a color filter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the phase plate is directly positioned on the liquid crystal display element, without any adhesive therebetween.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said phase plate is in contact with said liquid crystal layer, the orientation axis of the film, of the plurality of films, directly in contact with the liquid crystal layer being in agreement with an orientation direction of the liquid crystal layer, the phase plate also constituting an alignment film for the liquid crystal layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a composition of nematic liquid crystal molecules having an optically positive dielectric anisotropy and contains an optically active substance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
A device according to claim 5, wherein the liquid crystal molecules are selected such that the product of the refractive anisotropy Δn of the nematic liquid crystal and the thickness d (μm) of the liquid crystal layer held between the two substrates is 0.4 to 1.5 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
A device according to claim 6, which comprises a color filter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said light-permeable electrode is a transparent electrode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein each of the films of organic polymer has a thickness of 500 to 1000Å.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
147 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element comprising two substrates at least one of which has a liquid-permeable electrode, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees, and a phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element, and comprised of a plurality of films of an organic polymer stacked on each other, each of said films being a film formed by taking up a film of the organic polymer at a rate higher than a spontaneous development rate of the solution of the organic polymer when it is spontaneously developed on a water surface, each of said plurality of films having an orientation axis, adjacent films of said plurality of films having a direction of the orientation axis changed at a constant angle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
147 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element comprising two substrates at least one of which has a liquid-permeable electrode, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees, and a phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element, and comprised of a plurality of films of an organic polymer stacked on each other, each of said films being a film formed by taking up a film of the organic polymer at a rate higher than a spontaneous development rate of the solution of the organic polymer when it is spontaneously developed on a water surface, each of said plurality of films having an orientation axis, adjacent films of said plurality of films having a direction of the orientation axis changed at a constant angle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 10, wherein the phase plate is directly positioned on the liquid crystal display element, without any adhesive therebetween.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
62 words
A device according to claim 10, wherein said phase plate is in contact with said liquid crystal layer, the orientation axis of the film, of the plurality of films, directly in contact with the liquid crystal layer being in agreement with an orientation direction of the liquid crystal layer, the phase plate also constituting an alignment film for the liquid crystal layer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
53 words
An optical phase plate for a liquid crystal display device, which comprises a plurality of films of an organic polymer stacked on each other, each of the plurality of films having an orientation axis, adjacent films of the plurality of films having a direction of the orientation axis changed at a constant angle.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
An optical phase plate for a liquid crystal display device, which comprises a plurality of films of an organic polymer stacked on each other, each of the plurality of films having an orientation axis, adjacent films of the plurality of films having a direction of the orientation axis changed at a constant angle.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
An optical phase plate according to claim 13, wherein each of the films of organic polymer has a thickness of 500 to 1000Å.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
37 words
An optical phase plate according to claim 13, wherein the orientation axis of adjacent films so changed such that a total change of orientation axis of the plurality of films of the optical phase plate is 190°-470°.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
64 words
An optical plate according to claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of films is a film formed by taking up a film of the organic polymer on a water surface at a rate higher than a spontaneous development rate of a solution of the organic polymer, such that molecules of the plurality of films are oriented in the direction of the orientation axis.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
125 words
A liquid crystal display device which comprises: a liquid crystal display element including a pair of substrates at least one of which has a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees; and an optical phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element, wherein the phase plate is of a stack of layers of an organic polymer, molecules in each of the layers being oriented in a direction and the orientation directions of molecules in adjacent layers being changed such that a total change in orientation direction from a lowermost layer to uppermost layer of said stack of layers is 190 to 470 degrees.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
125 words
A liquid crystal display device which comprises: a liquid crystal display element including a pair of substrates at least one of which has a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees; and an optical phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element, wherein the phase plate is of a stack of layers of an organic polymer, molecules in each of the layers being oriented in a direction and the orientation directions of molecules in adjacent layers being changed such that a total change in orientation direction from a lowermost layer to uppermost layer of said stack of layers is 190 to 470 degrees.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a composition of nematic liquid crystal molecules having an optically positive dielectric anisotropy and contains an optically active substance.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
34 words
The liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein a product of refractive anisotropy Δn of the liquid crystal and a thickness d (μm) of the liquid crystal is 0.4 to 1.5 μm.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
11 words
A device according to claim 17, which comprises a color filter.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 17, wherein the phase plate is directly positioned on the liquid crystal display element, without any adhesive therebetween.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
62 words
A device according to claim 17, wherein said phase plate is in contact with said liquid crystal layer, the orientation axis of the film, of the plurality of films, directly in contact with the liquid crystal layer being in agreement with an orientation direction of the liquid crystal layer, the phase plate also constituting an alignment film for the liquid crystal layer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
136 words
A liquid crystal display device which comprises: a liquid crystal display element comprising a pair of substrates at least one of which has a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees; and an optical phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element, wherein the phase plate is a film formed by stacking layers each being formed by spreading on the surface of water a liquid organic polymer, molecules of each of the layers being oriented in a direction and the orientation directions of molecules of adjacent layers being changed such that a total change in orientation direction from a lowermost layer to uppermost layer of said stack of layers is 190 to 470 degrees.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
136 words
A liquid crystal display device which comprises: a liquid crystal display element comprising a pair of substrates at least one of which has a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer having a twist angle of 180 to 270 degrees; and an optical phase plate arranged in optical relation with the display element, wherein the phase plate is a film formed by stacking layers each being formed by spreading on the surface of water a liquid organic polymer, molecules of each of the layers being oriented in a direction and the orientation directions of molecules of adjacent layers being changed such that a total change in orientation direction from a lowermost layer to uppermost layer of said stack of layers is 190 to 470 degrees.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
34 words
The liquid crystal display device according to claim 23, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a composition of nematic liquid crystal molecules having an optically positive dielectric anisotropy and contains an optically active substance.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
35 words
The liquid crystal display device according to claim 23, wherein a product of refractive anisotropy Δn of the liquid crystal and a thickness d (μm) of the liquid crystal layer is 0.4 to 1.5 μm.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
11 words
A device according to claim 23, which comprises a color filter.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 23, wherein the phase plate is directly positioned on the liquid crystal display element, without any adhesive therebetween.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
62 words
A device according to claim 23, wherein said phase plate is in contact with said liquid crystal layer, the orientation axis of the film, of the plurality of films, directly in contact with the liquid crystal layer being in agreement with an orientation direction of the liquid crystal layer, the phase plate also constituting an alignment film for the liquid crystal layer.
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