| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device having high contrast and superior visibility in which the viewing angle dependency in a black display state is suppressed. SOLUTION: The device has a polarizer 7 and an analyzer 8 with the polarization axes perpendicular to each other, a liquid crystal layer 1 having the liquid crystal molecules in a bend alignment state, two electrode substrates 3b, 3u holding the liquid crystal layer 1, first optical retardation plats 4b, 4u consisting of an optical medium having positive optical uniaxial property with hybrid alignment of principal axes, and second optical retardation plats 5b, 5u having optical biaxial or positive optical uniaxial property and having an in-plane optical retardation with respect to the electrode substrates 3b, 3u. The direction of the in-plane optical retardation of the second optical retardation plates 5n, 5u is almost perpendicular to the direction of the orthogonal projection 11 of the optical axis of the liquid crystal molecule on one of the two electrode substrates 3b, 3u. |
