POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

摘要

The present invention provides a polarizing plate where, when the polarizing plate is applied to a liquid crystal display device, both thinning of the device and improvement in display performance such as prevention of light leakage, prevention of color variation, and suppression of display unevenness under a moist and hot environment can be achieved. The polarizing plate has, in this order, a first polarizer protective layer, a first polarizer, a first optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal compound X, and a second optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal compound Y, in which the thickness of the first optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, the first optically anisotropic layer has predetermined Re(550) and Rth(550), the thickness of the second optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, and has predetermined Re(550) and Rth(550), and the polarizing plate has a thickness of is 100 μm or less.

主权项

1. A polarizing plate comprising, in this order:
a first polarizer protective layer, a first polarizer; a first optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal compound X; and a second optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal compound Y, wherein the thickness of the first optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, the first optically anisotropic layer satisfies the following expressions (1-1) and (1-2),
95 nm≦Re(550)≦155 nm  Expression (1-1)45 nm≦Rth(550)≦80 nm  Expression (1-2) the thickness of the second optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, the second optically anisotropic layer satisfies the following expressions (1-3) and (1-4):
Re(550)≦10 nm; and  Expression (1-3)−135 nm≦Rth(550)≦−75 nm, and  Expression (1-4) the polarizing plate has a thickness of 100 μm or less, wherein Re(550) represents an in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm and Rth(550) represents a retardation in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm.