LCD

• Main Author: FUKUDA KOICHI,NAGATA TETSUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.12.2006
• Subjects: BLASTING; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; WEAPONS

In a liquid crystal display device capable of performing as both a transmissive display and a reflective display using a transmissive type liquid crystal display panel, the influence attributed to a shade as viewed from the oblique direction can be reduced so that favorable visibility can be ensured. In a liquid crystal display device including a transmissive type liquid crystal display panel which sandwiches a liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates and a backlight which is arranged at a back face of the liquid crystal display panel and has a light source and a reflector, wherein the device is capable of performing as a transmissive display using light from the light source and as a reflective display using external light incident from a front face side of the liquid crystal display panel by reflecting the external light on the reflector, at least two or more light diffusion layers are arranged between the back-face-side substrate out of the pair of substrates and the reflector of the backlight.