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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2001
Applicants:

Takeshi Gotoh, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuya Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Keiji Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Toshihiro Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Takeshi Gotoh, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuya Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Keiji Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Toshihiro Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 11335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A liquid-crystal display includes a reflective liquid-crystal panel, a light guiding plate disposed on the reflective liquid-crystal panel, a polarizer arranged between a liquid-crystal layer of the reflective liquid-crystal panel and the light guiding plate, and a light source disposed on a side surface of the light guiding plate. Light emitted from the light source propagates through the light guiding plate and has a primary direction. A smaller one of two angles between a projection of the primary direction onto the reflective liquid-crystal panel and an absorption axis of the light guiding plate is at least 50°. This resultantly improves performance of the liquid-crystal display.


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