Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display has a first substrate having a transparent electrode, a second substrate having a transflective electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a first optical anisotropic element arranged on the first substrate, and a second optical anisotropic element arranged on the second substrate and having a liquid crystal film. An angle within the range of 0 to 30 degrees is formed by a tilt direction defined by a projection direction of a director of a liquid crystalline polymer molecule on a surface of the liquid crystal film to which an angle of the director of the liquid crystalline polymer molecule is smaller and a pre-tilt direction defined by a projection direction of a director of a liquid crystalline molecule on an interface between liquid crystal of the liquid crystal layer and a surface of the first substrate.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display has a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates each provided with an electrode. A first polarizer is disposed on a viewer's side of the cell. At least one optical retardation compensator is disposed between the polarizer and the cell. A transflector is disposed behind the viewer's side of the liquid crystal layer. A circular polarizer is provided behind the viewer's side of the transflector. The circular polarizer comprises a second polarizer and an optical anisotropic element having a phase difference of approximately ¼ wavelength in the visible light region. The optical anisotropic element has a liquid crystal film with a fixed nematic hybid orientation structure and a stretched film.

Abstract: A circular polarizer comprises at least a polarizer and an optical anisotropic element having an optical retardation of about ¼ wavelength in a visible light region, wherein the optical anisotropic element comprises at least a 50 &mgr;m or less thick liquid crystal film (A) obtained by fixing a liquid crystal substance exhibiting an optically positive uniaxiality, in a nematic hybrid orientation with an average tilt angle of 5 to 35 degrees, formed when the substance is in a liquid crystal state, thereby providing a favorable circular polarization characteristics with a decreased thickness. The use of this circular polarizer makes it possible to produce a transflective type liquid crystal device which is capable of providing bright display images of high contrast and is less dependent on the viewing angle.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display comprises a first substrate having a transparent electrode, a second substrate having a transflective electrode on which a region having a reflection function is formed and a region having a transmission function is formed, a homogeneously oriented liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, a first optical anisotropic element arranged on the surface of the first substrate opposite to the surface contacting the liquid crystal layer, a polarizer arranged on the first optical anisotropic element, a second optical anisotropic element arranged on the surface opposite to the surface of the second substrate contacting the liquid crystal layer, and a polarizer arranged on the lower surface of the second optical anisotropic element wherein said second optical anisotropic element comprises at least one sheet of liquid crystal film obtained by fixing a nematic hybrid orientation formed by a liquid crystalline polymer exhibiting an optically positive un

Abstract: A circular polarizer having excellent circular polarization characteristics and a liquid crystal display device equipped with the circular polarizer. The circular polarizer is comprised of at least a polarizer and an optical anisotropic element having a phase difference of approximately ¼ wavelength in the visible light region and characterized in that the optical anisotropic element is comprised of at least a liquid crystal film with a fixed nematic hybrid orientation structure.

Abstract: A liquid crystal projector provided with a liquid crystal shutter which comprises a pair of transparent substrates with electrodes, two polarizers, and at least two optically anisotropic layers each comprising a hybrid-oriented liquid crystal layer, wherein the two optically anisotropic layers are arranged between the two polarizers such that a tilt direction of one of the two optically anisotropic layers forms an angle of 85 to 100 degrees with that of the other optically anisotropic layer thereby improving significantly the contrast without a major modification to a liquid crystal projector.

Abstract: A multi-layer circuit board for mounting an electronic part such as a semiconductor chip having as many pins as 40×40 pins arranged as an array on the side of the mounting surface or a semiconductor device has a plurality of layers, each layer disposed one above another and containing lands arranged as an array disposed at an angle to the edge of the mounting surface. On each layer a plurality of the lands have connected thereto circuits extending from the lands to the edge of the mounting surface, and also lands not connected to circuits. Those lands not connected to circuits are connected with via holes to orther layers.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a multi-layer circuit board for mounting an electronic part such as a semiconductor chip having as many pins as 40×40 pins arranged as an array on the side of the mounting surface or a semiconductor device having lands arranged like an array on the side of the mounting surface. The invention provides a multi-layer circuit board which makes it possible to mount an electronic part such as a semiconductor chip or a semiconductor device despite of a decreased number of circuit boards that are laminated one upon the other, which features improved yield of production, and which can be used as a highly reliable product.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a multi-layer circuit board for mounting an electronic part such as a semiconductor chip having as many pins as 40×40 pins arranged as an array on the side of the mounting surface or a semiconductor device having lands arranged as an array on the side of the mounting surface. The invention provides a multi-layer circuit board with particular pad spacing and configuration which make it possible to mount an electronic part such as a semiconductor chip or a semiconductor device while reducing the number of circuit board layers that are laminated one upon the other.

Abstract: A multi-layer circuit board formed by laminating a plurality of circuit boards each having lands arranged in many number in the form of a lattice or in a staggering manner on the side of the mounting surface and having circuit patterns with the ends on one side thereof being connected to said lands and with the ends on the other side thereof being drawn toward the outside from a region where said lands are arranged; wherein the lands for drawing the circuit patterns in a number not less than a+1 are arranged on the oblique lines of an isosceles triangle having a base formed by consecutive lands of a number of n and having oblique lines in the diagonal directions, the value n satisfying m≧k+1 of the two values of: m={(land pitch)×(n−1)−(land diameter)−(space between patterns)}÷(pattern width+space between patterns), k=a(n−1)+(n−2), wherein “a” is the number of the circuit patterns that can be arranged betwe

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having improved and broadened viewing angle characteristics. The device includes a liquid crystal cell of the twisted nematic type for driving sandwiched by a pair of upper and lower polarizing plates in which at least one compensating film is inserted between the liquid crystal cell and the upper polarizing plate or between the liquid crystal cell and the lower polarizing plate. Alternatively, two compensating films are respectively inserted between the liquid crystal cell and the upper polarizing plate and between the liquid crystal cell and the lower polarizing plate. The compensating film consists essentially of a liquid crystalline polymer showing optically a positive uniaxiality, the liquid crystalline polymer being fixed in a nematic hybrid orientational order.

Abstract: A method for producing a color filter involves (A) forming a photosensitive coating film on at least a transparent electrically conductive layer of a substrate having both the transparent electrically conductive layer and a light-intercepting layer on its outermost surface, and exposing the photosensitive coating film to light in a first irradiation amount through a mask having a predetermined pattern of a certain light transmittance and at least once displacing the mask to another position on the photosensitive coating film and exposing the photosensitive coating film to light in a second irradiation amount different from the first irradiation amount through the mask; and (B) developing and removing a photosensitive coating film portion exposed to light in one of smallest and largest irradiation amounts for exposing the transparent electrically conductive layer and electrodepositing a colored coating on the exposed electrically conductive layer for forming a colored layer thereon, operation of developing and

Abstract: A method for producing a color filter involves (a) forming a positive photosensitive coating film on a transparent electrically conductive layer of a transparent substrate; (b) forming a light-irradiated region where a light irradiation amount is different in two steps; (c) developing a larger light-irradiated portion to lay-open the transparent electrically conductive layer followed by electrodepositing a light shielding layer thereon; (d) forming on the positive photosensitive coating film undeveloped in the step (c) a light-irradiated region where a light irradiation amount is different in two steps; (e) developing a larger light-irradiated portion of the photosensitive coating film to lay-open the transparent electrically conductive layer followed by electrodepositing a colored coating thereon; (f) forming on the positive photosensitive coating film undeveloped in the step (e) a light-irradiated region where a light irradiation amount is different in at least three steps; and (g) developing the photosensi

Abstract: A positive photosensitive resin composition contains 50 to 95 parts by weight of a resin (a) composed of a high molecular compound (A) having a molecular weight of 300 to 30,000 and an iodine value of 50 to 500 and containing carbon-carbon double bonds and a group represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and X denotes a hydrogen atom or a bond, on the proviso that if X denotes the bond, a carbon atom linked to R.sub.1 and a carbon atom linked to a hydrogen atom together form a portion of a main chain of the high molecular compound (A), and a group represented by the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and X denote the same as above, and R.sub.2 denotes an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group, and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a compound (b) containing quinone diazide groups.

Abstract: A method for producing a color filter involves (A) forming a photosensitive coating film on at least a transparent electrically conductive layer of a first substrate having both the transparent electrically conductive layer and a light-intercepting layer on its surface or a second substrate having the transparent electrically conductive layer on its outermost surface and a light-intercepting layer between the second substrate and the transparent electrically conductive layer and exposing the photosensitive coating film through a mask having patterns of at least three different degrees of light transmittances, and (B) developing and removing a photosensitive coating film region corresponding to a pattern having smallest degree of light transmittance or a pattern having largest degree of light transmittance for exposing the transparent electrically conductive layer and electrodepositing a colored coating on the exposed transparent electrically conductive layer for forming a colored layer thereon, operation of d

Abstract: A positive type photoresist composition contains (a) 100 parts by weight of a resin which is a polymer compound (A) including carbon-carbon double bonds and having a molecular weight of 300 to 30,000 and an iodine value of to 500. To at least a part of the double bonds of the polymer compound (A), a group represented by the formula (I) is introduced ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, The composition further contains (b) 25 to 100 parts by weight of a compound containing a quinone diazide unit.

Abstract: A positive type photosensitive resin composition contains (a) a quinone diazido phenolic resin represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a bivalent hydrocarbon residue having 5 to 16 carbon atoms provided that groups bound to R.sup.2 do not bind with the same carbon atom of R.sup.2, D.sup.1, D.sup.2 and D.sup.3 and are the same or different groups and each represent a hydrogen atom or a quinone diazido unit represented by ##STR2## provided that a molar ratio of the hydrogen atom to the quinone diazido unit is 0 to 10, m is a number of 0 to 10, n is a number of 1 or 2, and l.sub.1, l.sub.2 and l.sub.3 are the same or different numbers and each represent a number of 1 to 3; and (b) an alkali-soluble resin.

Abstract: A resin composition for forming a durable protection coating contains (A) an alkali-soluble resin which is a polymer of a conjugated diene and has a monoamidated succinic acid group represented by the following formula (I) of: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each stand for a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an organic residue having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R.sup.3 stands for an organic residue having 1 to 16 carbon atoms; (B) a pre-polymer having a photosensitive ethylenic double bond; and (C) a photopolymerization initiator. The mixing ratio by weight of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to the pre-polymer (B) ranges from 1:4 to 4:1. A process for preparing the durable protection coating contains applying the resin composition on a substrate, and exposing the resin composition to ultraviolet ray through a circuit pattern mask to cure the resin composition followed by development and after-curing to form the protection coating.