Liquid crystal panel
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsFumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Shinichi Terashita, Kouichi Watanabe
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Abstract
[Object] To suppress a decrease in transparency while maintaining an effect of improving viewing angles. [Solution] Each of pixels (P) of a liquid crystal panel (100) includes a bright subpixel (BS) and a dark subpixel (DS). The bright subpixel (BS) includes four bright domains (BD) in which alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules (41) are different from one another. The dark subpixel (DS) includes two dark domains (DD) in which alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules (41) are different from each other.
Claims13
A liquid crystal panel of a vertical alignment type comprising:
- a first substrate including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix;
- a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules;
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- a second substrate in this order,
- wherein the plurality of pixels each correspond to one of three primary colors of light,
- wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a bright subpixel and a dark subpixel, luminance of light passing through the dark subpixel being lower than luminance of light passing through the bright subpixel when the liquid crystal panel displays an intermediate tone,
- wherein the bright subpixel includes M (M≥2) bright domains in which alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules are different from each other, and
- wherein the dark subpixel includes (M−1) or less dark domains in which alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules are different from each other.
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