Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel comprising a first electrode substrate, a second electrode substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which contains a liquid crystal composition having negative dielectric anisotropy and which is interposed between the first electrode substrate and the second electrode substrate. The first electrode substrate has pixel electrodes which are spaced apart by blank areas BL and a plurality of spacers which are arranged in the blank areas BL and set the first and second electrode substrates apart from each other by a predetermined distance. The second electrode substrate has ridge-shaped projections and flat parts. The projections are opposed to the pixel electrodes and control an inclination of an electric field applied between the first and second electrode substrates. The flat parts are integrally formed with the ridge-shaped projections and wholly contact tops of the spacers.

Abstract: A polishing speed of large glass plate 51 subjected to a thermal treatment is slower than that of a large glass plate not subjected to such a thermal treatment when a chemical polishing process is applied to make those large glass plates thin. Large glass plate 51 prepared with a thermal history of a temperature of 400° C. is assembled with large glass plate 53 prepared with a thermal history of a temperature of not higher than 220° C. Large glass plates 51 and 53 are then immersed in chemical polishing solution and taken out therefrom simultaneously. Large glass plate 51 is made thinner in thickness than large glass plate 53. This causes great improvement in production yield of an LCD device.

Abstract: A display apparatus with a plurality of display pixel sections includes glass substrate, which are formed to have a thickness that permits bending of the display apparatus, and polarizer plates, which are disposed on the glass substrates, respectively. The polarizer plates are thicker than the glass substrates.

Abstract: Liquid crystal material 4 is held between first and second substrates 2 and 3 to form pixel portion 5 which include glass plates 10 and 11, respectively. The upper surface of first substrate 2 opposite to second substrate 3 includes a chip mounting portion on which IC chip 6 is mounted to drive liquid crystal material 4. The upper surface of IC chip 6 mounted on semiconductor chip mounting portion 20 and that of second substrate 3 are simultaneously lapped until the upper surface of IC chip 6 becomes the same in height and in plane as that of second substrate 3.

Abstract: A display apparatus with a plurality of display pixel sections includes glass substrate, which are formed to have a thickness that permits bending of the display apparatus, and polarizer plates, which are disposed on the glass substrates, respectively. The polarizer plates are thicker than the glass substrates.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display including an array substrate with first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a counter substrate with a common electrode that faces the first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array and counter substrates, and a color filter supported by one of the array and counter substrates and including first to third coloring layer facing the first to third comb-shaped electrodes, respectively, wherein the first comb-shaped electrode is different in shape and/or orientation from the second and third comb-shaped electrodes.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display, including arranging a liquid crystal display panel on a stage such that an array substrate faces the stage and, in this state, pressing an end of a flexible printed circuit board against an end of the array substrate with an adhesive layer interposed there between to adhere the flexible printed circuit board to the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the pressing is performed in a state that no layer is interposed between a transparent substrate of the array substrate and the stage or in a state that one or more layers are interposed between the transparent substrate and the stage and all the layers between the transparent substrate and the stage are difficult to be deformed as compared with the transparent substrate when arranged on and pressed against the stage.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes a cell forming step of forming a predetermined number of cells on a mother substrate, a first polishing step of chemically polishing an outer surface of the mother substrate with use of a predetermined polishing solution, a dividing step of dividing the chemically polished mother substrate so as to include a number of cells, which is less than the predetermined number, and a second polishing step of mechanically polishing the outer surface of the divided mother substrate with use of a solid polishing agent.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display including an array substrate with first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a counter substrate with a common electrode that faces the first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array and counter substrates, and a color filter supported by one of the array and counter substrates and including first to third coloring layer facing the first to third comb-shaped electrodes, respectively, wherein the first comb-shaped electrode is different in shape and/or orientation from the second and third comb-shaped electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display including an array substrate with first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a counter substrate with a common electrode that faces the first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array and counter substrates, and a color filter supported by one of the array and counter substrates and including first to third coloring layer facing the first to third comb-shaped electrodes, respectively, wherein the first comb-shaped electrode is different in shape and/or orientation from the second and third comb-shaped electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate having a pixel electrode formed of a conductor, a counter substrate having a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates and containing liquid crystal molecules set in a vertical alignment with respect to the substrates. The pixel electrode had a void space located in the conductor to provide minute domains between which different directors of the liquid crystal molecules are obtained when a potential difference is applied between the array and counter electrodes, and a bridge-wiring member interconnecting adjacent parts of the conductor in the void space, and the bride-wiring member is configured to make an electric field created in a part of the pixel area located on the bridge-wiring member weaker than that created in the minutes domains according to the potential difference.

Abstract: A display apparatus with a plurality of display pixel sections includes glass substrate, which are formed to have a thickness that permits bending of the display apparatus, and polarizer plates, which are disposed on the glass substrates, respectively. The polarizer plates are thicker than the glass substrates.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal display cell, a circularly polarizing device facing the liquid crystal display cell, and a quarter wave plate interposed between the liquid crystal cell and the circularly polarizing device, wherein each pixel electrode of the liquid crystal display cell includes comb-shaped conductive layers differing from each other in the longitudinal direction of the comb-teeth and electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device comprises an array substrate having pixel electrodes disposed on a main surface thereof, a counter substrate having a counter electrode disposed to face the pixel electrodes on the main surface of the array substrate, and a liquid-crystal layer held between the counter substrate and the array substrate. A pixel between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode is composed of four domains located around a center point of the pixel. Each of the domains includes stronger electric field regions and weaker electric field regions arranged alternately such that liquid-crystal molecules in the domains present four anisotropic alignment patterns deviated from each other by about 90°.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display including an array substrate with first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a counter substrate with a common electrode that faces the first to third comb-shaped electrodes on a main surface thereof, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array and counter substrates, and a color filter supported by one of the array and counter substrates and including first to third coloring layer facing the first to third comb-shaped electrodes, respectively, wherein the first comb-shaped electrode is different in shape and/or orientation from the second and third comb-shaped electrodes.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display element for displaying luminous images corresponding to color information on a second face of a screen; a polarization converting sheet which is disposed on the screen so that light irradiated from the screen enters and transmits selectively light having a first mode of polarization; and a liquid crystal color shutter which is disposed on the polarization converting sheet and transmits selectively light having the first mode of polarization so as to output as light of at least one color of primary colors corresponding to the color information. A display device may be an achromatic CRT. Thereby, a display device bright and large in its display screen can be realized with a simple constitution.

Abstract: A liquid crystal optical switching element comprising a pair of substrates disposed to face to each other with a space being interposed therebetween, a medium interposed between the pair of substrate and composed of a liquid crystal material partitioned into small sections, and a material for partitioning a region of the liquid crystal material into the small sections, and voltage-applying means to apply an voltage to the medium. This medium is optically isotropic at the moment when no voltage is applied to the medium and capable of exhibiting an optical anisotropy which is proportional to a square of electric field intensity when a voltage is applied to the medium.

Abstract: The present invention of reflective liquid crystal display device include in: substrate having a surface; a pixel electrode on the surface; a first liquid crystal layer provided on the substrate; a second liquid crystal layer provided on the first liquid crystal layer; a counter electrode formed on the second liquid crystal layer; and a separating member provided between the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer. The first and second liquid crystal layers constituted by liquid crystal material having Bragg reflection(selective reflection in the same twist direction. The separating layer constituted optical compensator.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a transparent electrode formed on its surface and a non-aperture portion in its predetermined region, a second substrate separated from and opposed to the first substrate, a member having a color filter function and a transparent electrode formed on the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched a between the first and second substrates, and a backlight optical system arranged on the side of the second substrate away from the first substrate. The member having a color filter function is patterned in accordance with the display unit controlled by the two transparent electrodes. This member is a color reflecting layer stack constituted by a stack of a first planar-oriented cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a first chiral pitch and a second planar-oriented cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a second chiral pitch different from the first chiral pitch.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element has a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal material held between the substrates, the liquid crystal material containing a main liquid crystal material and an auxiliary liquid crystal material whose phase can be separated from the phase of the main liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material exhibits the states of reflection, scattering and transmission upon receipt of an external stimulation. The particular construction of the liquid crystal material permits the display element to have a wide viewing angle and to exhibit excellent optical characteristics over wide wavelength range.