Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Takahito Mafune

Yoshifumi Masumoto

Yasuhiro Miki

A liquid crystal display includes a pair of opposing substrates in which a liquid crystal layer is disposed therebetween. Transparent electrodes are disposed on the surfaces on the liquid crystal layer sides of the substrates and lead-out wiring leads out the transparent electrodes. The lead-out wiring are formed on one substrate. At least a part of the lead-out wiring is formed by a combination of at least a transparent conductive layer and a conductive reflection-preventing layer.

Liquid crystal display driven by one driving IC

A reflection liquid crystal display comprises a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate disposed opposite to the first transparent substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and the second transparent substrate. A transparent electrode layer and an alignment layer are formed in that order on the inner surface of the first transparent substrate, a reflecting polarizing film formed by laminating a transparent scattering layer and a light absorbing layer is placed on the outer surface of the first transparent substrate, a transparent electrode layer and an alignment layer are formed in that order on the inner surface of the second transparent substrate, and a phase plate and a polarizing plate are placed in that order on the outer surface of the second transparent substrate.

Reflection liquid crystal display capable of displaying pictures in improved color purity

Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device free from display reversal on the screen and capable of being reduced in thickness. A liquid crystal display device of the type in which a transparent electrode and an orientation layer are sequentially formed on the inner side of each of a pair of transparent substrates opposed to each other through the intermediation of a liquid crystal layer and in which a pair of polarizing plates are opposed to each other through the intermediation of the transparent substrates and the liquid crystal layer, wherein a semi-transmissive scattering layer 25 is provided on the outer side of at least one of the pair of polarizing plates, wherein the angle .theta..sub.2 made by the orientation layer 14 of the transparent substrate 4 arranged on the semi-transmissive scattering layer 25 side and the absorption axis of the polarizing plate 7 adjacent to the transparent substrate 4 is set to be 70 to 90 degrees, and wherein the angle .theta..sub.3 made by the absorption axis of the polarizing plate 7 and the optical axis of the semi-transmissive scattering layer 25 is set to be -40 to -70 degrees.

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Fukushima-ken, Japan

Takahito Mafune