Hitachi, Ltd.

Nitto-denko Corporation

Denko Corporation

Isoji Sakai

Akio Mukoh

Hisao Yokokura

Teruo Kitamura

Yasuhiko Kando

Yasuo Fujimura

Noboru Masutani

Junichi Hirakata

Yasuo Imanishi

Tadao Nakada

Tsunetaka Matsumoto

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.

Liquid crystal display device and phase plate therefor

A liquid crystal display cell, wherein orientation films are made of an organic polymer such as polyimide, polyamide, liquid crystal polymer having one or more mesogen groups in a main chain or side chain and produced by spreading an organic polymer solution on a water surface, is excellent in memory properties and contrast and generates no static electricity, no short circuit between electrodes and no breaking of electrodes.

Liquid crystal display cell and process for producing the same

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Kobe, Japan

Isoji Sakai