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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Shinichi Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Teruaki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Fujimaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Teruaki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Fujimaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An active matrix liquid crystal display panel by which a good display characteristic can be obtained without suffering from gradation reversal over a wide visibility angle range. A liquid crystal layeris formed such that the thickness thereof varies in accordance with transmission wavelengths of color layersandso that a very good display which does not exhibit any coloring in whichever direction it is viewed may be obtained. An active matrix substrate A includes a plurality of opposing electrodesa plurality of pixel electrodesparallel to the opposing electrodesa thin film transistor, and an orientation filmall formed on a glass substrateA color filter substrate C includes an orientation filmprovided on one surface of another glass substrateand an optical compensation layerprovided on the other surface of the glass substrateand formed from a plastic film. The two substrates are disposed such that the orientation films thereof oppose each other, and polarization platesandare disposed on the outer sides of the two substrates, and a liquid crystal layerhaving a positive refractive index anisotropy is provided between the orientation filmsThe optical compensation layerhas a negative one axial refractive index anisotropy and can cancel a retardation produced in the liquid crystal layerthereby to suppress white floating of a black display portion.