| 摘要 |
<p>A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates (2, 9) each having a transparent electrode (3, 8) and an orientation film (4, 7) serially formed on the surface thereof and disposed with a gap between them so that the orientation films (4, 7) oppose each other, a liquid crystal (5) filling the gap, two polarizer plates (1, 10) interposing the pair of substrates (2, 9), and a driving circuit connected to the transparent electrodes (3, 8) for applying a voltage between both substrates, wherein the liquid crystal (5) is a nematic liquid crystal of negative dielectric anisotropy substantially free from a chiral liquid crystal, the liquid crystal molecules (5A) inside the pair of substrates are oriented so that their molecular axes lie on one plane (12) orthogonally crossing the substrates, and are orientated vertically or semi-vertically at the portion touching the substrates so that their molecular axes have an angle within the range of 90 to 45° with respect to the substrates, and the liquid crystal molecules are oriented so that the angle between the molecular axes of the liquid crystal molecules (5) and the substrates becomes progressively smaller towards the center portion between both substrates and becomes substantially parallel to the substrates (2, 9) at the center of the gap between both substrates.</p> |
