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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2002
Applicants:

Michiaki Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Hidenori Ikeno, Tokyo, JP;

Fumihiko Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;

Hironori Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Michiaki Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Hidenori Ikeno, Tokyo, JP;

Fumihiko Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;

Hironori Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A reflector for a reflection-type LCD device is provided, which reflects efficiently incident light to the viewer's side and that suppresses the change of color tone. The reflector comprises a roughened surface having a protrusion pattern. The protrusion pattern gives inclination angle to the surface according to a specific distribution where a first component with an inclination angle value of 0° is 15% or less in area and a second component with an inclination angle value from 2° to 10° is 50% or greater in area. The protrusion pattern gives a variation range of chromaticity coordinates (x, y) on a chromaticity diagram dependent on an angle of view. The variation range is limited in a circle on the chromaticity diagram. The circle has a radius of approximately 0.05 and a center at a point corresponding to white color.


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