IP Library Granted Patent US 8,319,914
Granted Patent B2
US 8,319,914 · App. 13/541,184 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Liquid crystal display with narrow angular range of incident light

Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,319,914
App. No.
13/541,184
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel in the pixel electrode and common electrodes formed within a pixel comprise repeating structures. The angular range of light incident from the light source is narrower along a direction of the repeating structures than along an orthogonal direction.

Claims (6)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a liquid crystal panel in which at least one of a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed within a pixel comprises repeating structures;

a light source illuminating said liquid crystal panel; and

an anisotropic diffuser arranged between said liquid crystal panel and said light source;

wherein an angular range of light incident from said light source on said liquid crystal panel is narrower along a direction of said repeating structures of said electrode than along an orthogonal direction; and

wherein a direction of repeating structures of the electrode coincides with a direction in which diffusivity of the anisotropic diffuser is small.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2013
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029957/0663 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2013
From: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029957/0766 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2012
From: MIMURA, KOUJI; SUMIYOSHI, KEN
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028484/0941 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-273550 · Sep 21, 2004 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 13100752 · May 4, 2011
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