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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This liquid crystal display unit includes a pair of polarizers, a liquid crystal display device provided between the pair of polarizers, and an optical compensation device provided between, of the pair of polarizers, at least one polarizer and the liquid crystal display device. The optical compensation device includes an underlayer including a plurality of structures that each include first and second surfaces having different inclination angles from each other, and a multilayered film formed on the underlayer and including a plurality of first and second refractive index films that are alternately stacked one on top of another repeatedly. An array pitch of the plurality of structures in the underlayer is smaller than a wavelength of visible light.