Liquid crystal display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiro Hasegawa, Akira Sakai
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Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can achieve sufficient front contrast ratio and front white brightness at the same time. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a front polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell, a back polarizing plate, and an optical element having polarization characteristics, which are arranged in the stated order, wherein the back polarizing plate has a lower contrast than the front polarizing plate, and there is substantially no air layer between the back polarizing plate and the optical element having polarization characteristics.
Claims18
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a front polarizing plate;
- a liquid crystal cell;
- a back polarizing plate;
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- an optical element having polarization characteristics, the components being arranged in the stated order,
- wherein the back polarizing plate has a lower contrast than the front polarizing plate, and
- there is substantially no air layer between the back polarizing plate and the optical element having polarization characteristics.
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