Electrophoretic display refers to a type of technology used in electronic devices like e-readers and smartwatches. It works by rearranging tiny particles suspended in a liquid to create images or text on a screen. It is energy-efficient, easy to read in different lighting conditions, and doesn't strain the eyes like other types of displays.
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«Our E Ink Triton displays will enable the use
of electrophoretic displays for publishing applications that require color charts, graphics and images such as textbooks and magazines,» said Sriram Peruvemba, Chief Marketing Officer at E Ink.
In January 2013 CopyTele (CTI) filed a lawsuit against E Ink Holdings, alleging an elaborate scheme to steal valuable, patented
electrophoretic display technologies developed by CopyTele.
The display is a glare - free
flexible electrophoretic display with a 16 - level grey scale and a resolution of 2200 x 1650, which is good enough for most documents.
In May, we reported that Amazon had placed orders with Taiwanese notebook maker Quanta Computer to manufacture the Amazon tablet, also working
with electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) which will supply touch panels as well as its Fringe Field Switching (FFS) technology.
In addition to the flexibility, our glass -
free electrophoretic displays also more robust, shatterproof and lightweight compared to glass - based displays.
The new prototype is an active
matrix electrophoretic display, similar to the screens used in today's e-readers, except it is made of flexible plastic instead of glass.
Also, its refresh rate is top - notch, with none of the «ghosting» you might associate with other
electrophoretic displays on the market.
A third and fast emerging application is electronic signage where the low power attribute along with sunlight readability
makes Electrophoretic displays (usually called ePaper) a great choice.
In January 2013 CTI filed a lawsuit against E Ink Holdings, alleging an elaborate scheme to steal valuable,
patented electrophoretic display technologies developed by CopyTele.
«We are happy to see our collaboration with Plastic Logic resulting in the first graphene -
based electrophoretic display exploiting graphene in its pixels» electronics,» said Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre.
The ACeP enables the so -
called electrophoretic display (EDP) to generate full color «at every pixel» without making use of a color filter array (CFA).
-- 9 - inch
SiPix electrophoretic display reflects light like paper to mimic a printed page, giving a more natural and more comfortable reading experience than backlit LCD displays.
«We are happy to see our collaboration with Plastic Logic resulting in the first graphene - based
electrophoretic display exploiting graphene in its pixels» electronics,» said the Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, Professor Andrea Ferrari.
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This ultra-low power consumption is possible because the Eee Reader's SiPix
electrophoretic display only uses power to change its image, not to maintain it.
Combine that with Polymer Network Liquid Crystal, a reflective display technology that removes polarizers to provide high contrast and wide viewing angles in bright lighting environments, for a potential competitor to the
traditional electrophoretic displays that most current ebook readers use, called E Ink.
There's an article over at Digitimes about E Ink, the company behind the display technology used in most ebook readers today, sampling out two new color
touchscreen electrophoretic displays to their vendors.
The new generation of e-book reader devices uses Electronic Ink, instead of LCD, to make ultra-flat, low -
power electrophoretic displays that are easy on the eyes and look roughly like a super high - resolution etch - a-sketch.
Like the previous models, the jetBook Mini uses a monochrome LCD display instead of a
true electrophoretic display like the Kindle, Sony, and most other ereaders.
To make e-ink show color, an in -
plane electrophoretic display was created, which featured two capsules for each pixel of the screen: one capsule containing yellow and cyan particles, the other magenta and black.
Felix Ho, CEO of Taiwanese based YFY Group, a diversified conglomerate company owning companies such as E Ink,
creating electrophoretic displays, and Arizon, creating RFID inlays, describes in this video their interest in printed electronics.
The road to a
viable electrophoretic display (EPD for short) that would show vivid, bright colors while still retaining the extreme energy efficiency of electronic paper has been a winding one.
And by choosing a glass - free Lectum ® display, device fragility is halved whilst doubling functionality; our
plastic electrophoretic displays (EPD) are extremely robust and shatterproof so your customers can enjoy twice the device real estate for reading, working, texting and gaming — even in bright sunlight, where EPD far excels other display types — but without an increased risk of breakage when dropped.
This was essentially a reintroduction of the well -
known electrophoretic display technology, but microcapsules meant the display could be made on flexible plastic sheets instead of glass.
Examples of
commercial electrophoretic displays include the high - resolution active matrix displays used in the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Librie, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader and iRex iLiad e-readers.
In December 2005 Seiko released the first electronic ink based watch called the Spectrum SVRD001 wristwatch, which has a flexible electrophoretic display [45] and in March 2010 Seiko released a second generation of this famous e-ink watch with an active matrix display.
Epson's controller IC's functionality is fully enabled when integrated into a display solution utilizing a host controller, tuned waveforms, and E Ink's Vizplex - enabled active
matrix electrophoretic displays.
Electrophoretic displays in monochrome or single color (in addition to black and white) have made great headway in two major applications — eReaders and Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL)- taking a lion's share in both applications.