Optical compensator for improved gray scale performance in liquid crystal display

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PATENT NO 5504603
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08223251

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A liquid crystal display for viewing at various angles with respect to a normal axis perpendicular to the display includes a polarizer layer having an absorbing axis, an analyzer layer having an absorbing axis substantially perpendicular to the absorbing axis of the polarizer layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the polarizer layer and the analyzer layer and having a director exhibiting an azimuthal twist through the layer with respect to the normal axis, a first electrode proximate to a first major surface of the liquid crystal layer, a second electrode proximate to a second major surface of the liquid crystal layer, the first and second electrodes being adapted to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal layer when the electrodes are connected to a source of electrical potential, and a compensator, including a positively birefringent O-plate compensator layer disposed between the polarizer layer and the analyzer layer with its principal symmetry axis oriented at a substantially oblique angle with respect to the normal axis.

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TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING LLC1049 CAMINO DOS RIOS THOUSAND OAKS CA 91360

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gunning, III William J Newbury Park, CA 11 529
Hale, Leonard G Newbury Park, CA 5 182
Taber, Donald B Thousand Oaks, CA 12 401
Winker, Bruce K Moorpark, CA 36 833

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