Liquid crystal device, electronic device and phase difference compensating plate
An O plate is included which includes a phase difference compensating layer which is an assembly of columns obtained by oblique deposition of an anisotropic refractive index medium with respect to a substrate and has negative biaxial refractive index anisotropy. In the O plate, a front surface phase difference value of the O plate in the normal direction is 5-15 nm, and a ratio of Re(−30)/Re(30) is 2.5-5.5.
1. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
a pair of substrates;
a liquid crystal layer that is formed of liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy and interposed between the pair of substrates; and
a phase difference compensating plate that is disposed in the opposite side to the liquid crystal layer of at least one of the pair of substrates, and includes a support and a phase difference compensating layer which is an assembly of columns obtained by oblique deposition of an anisotropic refractive index medium with respect to the support and has negative biaxial refractive index anisotropy,
wherein, when a front surface phase difference value of the phase difference compensating plate in the normal direction is set as x, a phase difference value of a first direction which is tilted at 30° in a direction opposite to the growth direction of the columns with the normal direction as a reference is set as Re(30), a phase difference value of a second direction which is tilted at 30° in the growth direction of the columns with the normal direction as a reference is set as Re(−30), and a ratio of Re(−30)/Re(30) is set as y, y is approximated by the following numerical expression
y= 0.25 x+ 1.5.
2. The liquid crystal device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a pair of polarizing plates which are disposed to interpose the pair of substrates therebetween,
wherein the phase difference compensating plate is disposed between the pair of polarizing plates.
3. An electronic device comprising the liquid crystal device according to claim 1 .
4. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
a pair of substrates;
a liquid crystal layer that is formed of liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy and which is interposed between the pair of substrates; and
a phase difference compensating plate that is disposed in the opposite side to the liquid crystal layer of at least one of the pair of substrates, and includes a support and a phase difference compensating layer which is an assembly of columns obtained by oblique deposition of an anisotropic refractive index medium with respect to the support and has negative biaxial refractive index anisotropy,
wherein, in the phase difference compensating plate, a front surface phase difference value of the phase difference compensating plate in the normal direction is equal to or more than 5 nm and equal to or less than 15 nm, a phase difference value of a first direction which is tilted at 30° in a direction opposite to a growth direction of the columns with the normal direction as a reference is set as Re(30), a phase difference value of a second direction which is tilted at 30° in the growth direction of the columns with the normal direction as a reference is set as Re(−30), and a ratio of Re(−30)/Re(30) is equal to or more than 2.5 and equal to or less than 5.5.
5. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
a pair of substrates;
a liquid crystal layer that is formed of liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy and which is interposed between the pair of substrates; and
a phase difference compensating plate that is disposed in the opposite side to the liquid crystal layer of at least one of the pair of substrates, and includes a support and a phase difference compensating layer which is an assembly of columns obtained by oblique deposition of an anisotropic refractive index medium with respect to the support and has negative biaxial refractive index anisotropy,
wherein, in the phase difference compensating plate, a front surface phase difference value of the phase difference compensating plate in the normal direction is equal to or more than 15 nm and equal to or less than 25 nm, a phase difference value of a first direction which is tilted at 30° in a direction opposite to a growth direction of the columns with the normal direction as a reference is set as Re(30), a phase difference value of a second direction which is tilted at 30° in the growth direction of the columns with the normal direction as a reference is set as Re(−30), and a ratio of Re(−30)/Re(30) is equal to or more than 6 and equal to or less than 7.