(19)
(11)EP 1 286 203 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
19.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/21

(43)Date of publication A2:
26.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/09

(21)Application number: 02018482.6

(22)Date of filing:  16.08.2002
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)7G02F 1/1333, G02F 1/1335, G02F 1/13363, G02B 5/30
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30)Priority: 16.08.2001 JP 2001247210

(71)Applicant: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
Kanagawa (JP)

(72)Inventor:
  • Taguchi, Keiichi
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa (JP)

(74)Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

  


(54)Liquid crystal display and method of making the same


(57) A liquid crystal display which comprises: a liquid crystal cell comprising a pair of substrates and a nematic liquid crystal layer sealed in between the pair of substrates, the substrate having an alignment layer and a transparent electrode; a quarter-wave plate comprising at least one polymer film; and a polarizing plate, wherein an angle of an orientation vector of the nematic liquid crystal in relation to the substrate varies with a voltage applied to the cell, and the quarter-wave plate and the polarizing plate are those cut out of a roll of a laminate obtained by bonding a roll of a quarter-wave plate and a roll of a polarizing plate, an absorption axis of which makes 45° with a longitudinal direction of the polarizing plate.







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