Liquid crystal display having optical compensatory sheet with negative uniaxial property and an optical axis parallel to the plane of the sheet

摘要

A liquid crystal display is composed of a liquid crystal cell which comprises a pair of transparent substrates at least one of which is provided with an electrode thereon and liquid crystal sealed therebetween, a polarizing sheet arranged on at least one side of the cell, the liquid crystal aligning parallel to a plane of the substrate and varying its direction of molecular major axis in a plane parallel to the plane of the substrate under variation of voltage applied to the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal display has an optical compensatory sheet between at least one side of the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing sheet, the optical compensatory sheet having an optically negative uniaxial property and an optic axis parallel to a plane of the sheet.