| abstract |
An ECB-mode liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates 9 and 12 , a liquid crystal layer 11 , a pair of polarizing plates ( 1,3,5 ) ( 16,18,20 ) and at least one optically anisotropic layer 7 and/or 14 , wherein they are disposed such that the absorption axes 4 and 19 of the polarizing films 3 and 18 in the polarizing plates are parallel or vertical to the left-rightward direction of the screen of the display device. The orientation axes 10 and 13 of the substrates 9 and 12 and the orientation axes 8 and 15 of the optically anisotropic layers 7 and 14 preferably cross the absorption axes 4 and 19 of the polarizing films 3 and 18 of the adjacent polarizing plates at an angle of 45°. |