Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ikuji Konishi

Toshiyuki Tanaka

Katsuhiro Kikuchi

Yozo Narutaki

Kohichi Fujimori

Yasunobu Akebi

Kanae Suenaga

Toshihiro Matsumoto

Takayuki Natsume

Koki Hongo

Akihiro Nanmatsu

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel () disposed between two linear polarization plates () and a triacetyl cellulose film having biaxial optical anisotropy (), the triacetyl cellulose film having biaxial optical anisotropy () (i) being disposed further from the screen front side than a front polarization plate, which is one of the two linear polarization plates (), and (ii) having a planar retardation comprised in a range from 40 nm to 100 nm. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device allowing an observer to perceive, through polarized sunglasses and with a high display quality, an image on a screen not only from a frontal viewpoint but also if an azimuth angle and a polar angle at which viewpoints are set are shifted from the frontal viewpoint.

Liquid crystal display device with triacetyl cellulose film at an observer side of front polarization plate

A transfiective liquid crystal display panel, in which at least one of a pixel electrode substrate and a counter electrode substrate is provided with a protruding portion so that the thickness of a liquid crystal layer in a reflective region is smaller than that in a transmissive region, wherein a light-blocking section for shading a defective orientation domain formed by an insufficiently-rubbed portion around the protruding portion is formed simultaneously with, and using the same material as, another element such as a storage capacitor electrode section, a signal line or a scanning line. Thus, the decrease in the display quality due to the defective orientation domain can be suppressed without adding to the production process.

Liquid crystal display device

A transflective type liquid crystal display panel used as a displaying liquid crystal panel in a 2D/3D switching type liquid crystal panel, wherein a color filter having a colored layer and a transparent layer is provided on an opposing substrate. The transparent layer is formed to face only the reflective region of an active matrix substrate (region where a reflective electrode is formed), and serves as a diffuser processed layer. Accordingly, a liquid crystal display panel having a 2D/3D switching function and a transflective function can prevent moire in 2D display and at the same time provide good 3D display.

Transflective liquid crystal display panel, 2D/3D switching type liquid crystal display panel, and 2D/3D switching type liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of picture element regions for displaying an image. Each of the plurality of picture element regions includes a transmission region in which an image is displayed in a transmission mode by using light that is coming from the side of the first substrate, and a reflection region in which an image is displayed in a reflection mode by using light that is coming from the side of the second substrate. The height of a surface of the second substrate on the side closer to the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is greater than that in the transmission region, while the height of a surface of the first substrate on the side closer to the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region is substantially equal to that in the transmission region.

Liquid crystal display device with color filter substrate height greater in reflection region than transmission region

A transflective liquid crystal display panel, in which at least one of a pixel electrode substrate and a counter electrode substrate is provided with a protruding portion so that the thickness of a liquid crystal layer in a reflective region is smaller than that in a transmissive region, wherein a light-blocking section for shading a defective orientation domain formed by an insufficiently-rubbed portion around the protruding portion is formed simultaneously with, and using the same material as, another element such as a storage capacitor electrode section, a signal line or a scanning line. Thus, the decrease in the display quality due to the defective orientation domain can be suppressed without adding to the production process.

In a transmission/reflection combination type LCD that includes a CF substrate having a counter electrode part; a TFT substrate having a reflection pixel electrode part and a transmission pixel electrode part and disposed to oppose the CF substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between these substrates, each pixel has a reflection region and a transmission region, and includes a convex for making the thickness of the liquid crystal layer smaller in the reflection region than in the transmission region. The convex is provided not on the TFT substrate but on the CF substrate, so that the downstream end of the convex can be disposed in a position shifted toward the upstream side along the rubbing direction relatively to the reflection pixel electrode part disposed on the TFT substrate. Accordingly, lowering of display quality in the transmission region due to a domain formed in a region of the liquid crystal layer correspondingly to a shade portion shaded from the rubbing processing with the convex can be suppressed without sacrificing the numerical aperture of the transmission region.

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Ikuji Konishi