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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Yusuke Nishihara, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masumi Kubo, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Nishihara, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masumi Kubo, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An MVA-type LCD capable of displaying with a high contrast ratio is provided. An LCD according to the present invention is an MVA-type LCD including a stripe-shaped ribprovided on a first electrodeof a liquid crystal layer and a stripe-shaped slitformed in a second electrodeof the liquid crystal layer. The ribhas a side face whose taper angle in a cross section which is orthogonal to an azimuth direction that the ribextends is 18° or less, and is made of a material such that a film of the material with a thickness corresponding to the height of the rib has an OD value of 0.8 or more.