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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Hiroshi Jinnai, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Takemoto, Sendai, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Himeji, JP;
Masanori Hiraishi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nishida, Nagareyama, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light-scattering sheet having a phase separation structure comprised of a plurality of solid components varying in refractive index is used to construct a liquid crystal display device. In a first embodiment, the light-scattering sheet is disposed in a defined position within a reflecting LCD device. Thus, in a reflecting LCD device comprising a liquid crystal cell constituted of a transparent front electrode plate having a substrate carrying a transparent conductive layer, a back electrode plate having a substrate carrying a conductive layer and a liquid crystal and, as disposed forwardly of the liquid crystal cell, a polarizer, the light-scattering sheet is interposed (i) between the polarizer and the front electrode plate or (ii) between the back electrode plate and a reflector disposed behind the back electrode plate. Alternatively, (iii) the substrate sheet may be constituted of the light-scattering sheet. In a second embodiment, a light-scattering sheet having an isotropic bicontinuous phase structure comprised of a plurality of polymers varying in refractive index is used.