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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Yuji Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Uesaka, Yokohama, JP;
Satoru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an elliptical polarizer with excellent viewing angle characteristics. The elliptical polarizer comprises at least a first polarizer, a first optically anisotropic layer, a second optically anisotropic layer, and a third optically anisotropic layer, laminated in this order, the first optically anisotropic layer satisfying [1] 50≦Re1≦500, [2] 30≦Rth1≦750, and [3] 0.6≦Rth1/Re1≦1.5, the second optically anisotropic layer satisfying [4] 0≦Re2≦20 and [5] −500≦Rth2≦−30, and the third optically anisotropic layer satisfying [6] 100≦Re3≦180, [7] 50≦Rth3≦600, and [8] 0.5≦Rth3/Re3≦3.5, wherein Re indicates the retardation value in the plane of each optically anisotropic layer and Rth indicates the retardation value in the thickness direction of each optically anisotropic layer.