Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display panel having a high contrast ratio in a front direction.A liquid crystal panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizing plate placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizing plate placed on the other side of the liquid crystal cell; and a retardation layer placed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizing plate. A refractive index ellipsoid of the retardation layer exhibits a relationship of n≧ny>nz; and a light transmittance (T2) of the second polarizing plate is larger than a light transmittance (T1) of the first polarizing plate. Such a liquid crystal panel has a remarkably higher contrast ratio in a front direction than that of a conventional liquid crystal panel (for example, a liquid crystal panel in which the light transmittances of two polarizing plates placed on both sides of a liquid crystal cell are the same), and shows excellent display properties.
Nitto Denko Corporation
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Kentarou Masaki Takashi Nao Naotaka Shinobu
Yoshida Hayashi Shimizu Murakami Kinjo Nagano