There aren't
any electrowetting displays being mass produced, so there must be some issue holding things up that isn't being mentioned publicly.
Liquavista's
electrowetting displays are color, unlike the black - and - white screens used on the Kindle ebook readers.
Electrowetting displays are similar to E Ink displays used on current Kindles (Kindle ebook readers, not Kindle tablets) in that they are more energy efficient than traditional LCD displays and unlike LCD they are readable under bright light.
Another advantage with
electrowetting displays is they are visible in bright sunlight like E Ink because no polarizing filters are required.
Electrowetting displays offer superior viewing angles and refresh rates, as well.
Combining the advantages of LCD (video, color, interactivity) with those of E-ink (readability and low power consumption) in a single display is what we can do with
our electrowetting displays.
Johan joined Philips Research Labs back in 1999, where he co-invented
Electrowetting displays and co-founded Liquavista.
Given the fact that
electrowetting displays have the same cost structure as LCDs and can be made in the same fabs means that we are ideally positioned to follow this expected price erosion, or even drive it.
Electrofluidic displays are a variant of
electrowetting displays - which do require power to hold an image.
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have demonstrated that regular paper can be a flexible host material for
Electrowetting displays.
The manufacturing of
the electrowetting displays will be done at the Beijing Century Joyo Information Technology Co., Ltd Shenzhen Branch.
Thanks to the high switching speed of electrowetting and its applicability to small pixel dimensions,
electrowetting displays support a fluent user interface and are ideally suited for information displays showing animated and video content.
With
Electrowetting displays, the modification of the surface tension is used to obtain a simple optical switch by contracting a colored oil film through applying a voltage.
• Vs
electrowetting displays... well, there ARE none yet
«Three - color
electrowetting display device for electronic paper.»
Samsung had acquired the Netherlands based digital publishing company that specializes in
electrowetting display technology in early 2011, though we have yet to see any product based on it entering large scale production.
Samsung spends a ridiculous amount of money on developing its own screens and purchased Liquavista for
its electrowetting display, but could not do anything with it and sold it to Amazon.
However,
electrowetting display technology is very scalable, so will support all diagonal sizes that currently exist in the market.
It's unlikely Amazon will release another large - screen E Ink ereader again, especially now that they've invested in color
electrowetting display technology.
Other companies are also trying to turn
electrowetting display technology into a viable business, so it seems that, like the development of the LCD display, which began in the US but was not perfected until the technology was acquired by Korean companies like Samsung and LG, this is the sort of technology that could take a long time to develop and will eventually give rise to an ecosystem of competing manufacturers.
Liquavista announced a new dynamic frame rate capability down to frequencies as low as 1Hz, resulting in ultra-low power
electrowetting display driving.
Electrofluidic displays are a variation of
an electrowetting display.
Back in 2013, Samsung sold LiquaVista,
its electrowetting display unit, to Amazon (Samsung itself bought Liquavista in 2011).
According to Bloomberg, Samsung wants to sell
its electrowetting display unit LiquaVista which they bought back in January 2011.
Two months ago it was rumored that Samsung wants to sell
its electrowetting display unit LiquaVista which they bought back in January 2011, and Amazon may turn out to be the buyer.
Not exact matches
According to Professor Alex Henzen, the core member of the SCNU team and technical leader on e-paper, outdoor billboards made of such an
electrowetting based reflective e-paper technology would take up less than 1 % of the power consumption of LED and TFT - LCD
displays of a similar size, making the new technology very attractive for the digital signage market.
The essence of
Electrowetting technology is that it is highly scalable as the e-reader and tablet market has gravitated from small screens to
displays exceeding 10 inches.
(PhysOrg.com)-- By rapidly manipulating colored oil droplets stacked on top of each other, a new
electrowetting (EW) technique could lead to the development of electronic paper
displays that can produce high - resolution color video.
Philips generated considerable interest at this year's Society for Information
Displays in Seattle, USA with a demonstration of its
electrowetting - based electronic - paper technology in a 1 - inch square, monochrome direct - driven...
Freescale is the leading supplier of e-reader processors with the majority of e-readers currently doing the rounds in the market having a Freescale processor at its core while Liquavista is a pioneer of color e-reader
display and has the
electrowetting LiquavistaColor
display technology to its credit.
The LiquavistaBright and LiquavistaColor
display screens makes use of the
electrowetting technology, which is all about putting to use electricity to bring about a contraction or expansion of the surface tension of colored oil films.
Based on
electrowetting technology, it can deliver monochrome reading experience having high brightness while at the same time, the screen can also deliver a vivid hi - fidelity video
display having rich colors.
The
electrowetting technology, which operates in transmissive, reflective, transparent and transflective modes, enables the creation of
displays with bright, colorful images with dramatically reduced power consumption.
There are also some other e-paper technologies apart from E-Ink like
electrowetting that can produce fairly deep colors, but the
displays are expensive and consume more power, Gasman said.
There hasn't been any official announcement yet, but it appears that Samsung has acquired Liquavista, a company developing
displays that use
electrowetting to allow for full color visibility both indoors and out.
Consumer electronics giant Samsung acquired Liquavista and is pushing the development and commercialization of the company's
display technology based on the principles of
electrowetting.
Liquavista's
display are based on the principle of
Electrowetting (when a voltage is used to modify the wetting properties of a solid material).
That means that e-paper
displays based on
electrowetting designs will be thicker.
Electrowetting technology sandwiches the
display media between a top and bottom layer of glass, while electrophoretic technology simply uses a polymer layer on top.
I think the biggest draw of
electrowetting, though, is that manufacturing of these
displays can be done on virtually the same infrastructure as is used on LCD screens.
Chapter 5 Global E-Paper
Display Market Analysis, By Technology 5.1 Overview 5.2 Market Analysis 5.2.1 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue Share, By Technology, 2014 & 2022 (% Value) 5.3 Electrophoretic 5.3.1 Global Electrophoretic E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) 5.4
Electrowetting 5.4.1 Global
Electrowetting E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) 5.5 Cholesteric 5.5.1 Global Cholesteric E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) 5.6 Others 5.6.1 Global Other E-Paper
Display Technologies Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %)
FIG. 1 Global E-Paper
Display: Market Segmentation FIG. 2 Global E-Paper
Display Market: Research Methodology FIG. 3 Top - Down and Bottom Up Approach FIG. 4 Global E-Paper
Display Market, By Product, 2014 (US$ Mn) FIG. 5 Global E-Paper
Display Market, By Technology, 2014 (US$ Mn) FIG. 6 Global E-Paper
Display Market, By Geography, 2014 (US$ Mn) FIG. 7 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn) FIG. 8 E-Readers Shipment Worldwide, 2011 — 2015, (Mn Units) FIG. 9 See - Saw Analysis: Global E-Paper
Display Market FIG. 10 Value Chain Analysis: Global E-Paper
Display Market FIG. 11 Market Positioning of Key E-Paper
Display Manufacturers, 2014 FIG. 12 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue Share, By Product Type, 2014 & 2022 (US$ Mn) FIG. 13 Global E-Paper
Displays for E-Book Readers Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 14 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Mobile Devices and Computers Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 15 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Poster and Signage, Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 16 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Smart Cards and Smart Packaging, Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 17 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Other (Avionic
Displays, Navigation Screen etc), Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 18 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue Share, By Technology, 2014 & 2022 (% Value) FIG. 19 Global Electrophoretic E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 20 Global
Electrowetting E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 21 Global Cholesteric E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 22 Global Other E-Paper
Display Technologies Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 23 North America E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 24 Europe E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 25 Asia Pacific E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 26 Rest of World E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) List of Tables
IDTechEx also expects new
display technologies such as Liquavista's (now Samsung)
Electrowetting technology and Qualcomm's Mirasol to enter the market soon.