| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device having excellent viewing angle characteristics. SOLUTION: In the liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer 3 held between a pair of substrates 1, 2, the liquid crystal layer 3 has a region 12a where the liquid crystal molecules 4 are aligned horizontally along the normal direction 9 of the substrates 1, 2 and a region 12b where the liquid crystal molecules 4 are aligned perpendicularly. The gap widths dh, dv of the regions 12a, 12b, respectively, are determined in such a manner that when the device is observed in the direction inclined from the normal direction 9 of the substrates 1, 2, the retardation by the liquid crystal molecules 4 in the region 12a having the horizontal arrangement and the retardation by the liquid crystal molecules 4 in the region 12b having perpendicular arrangement are compensated with each other. |
