Here we report the synthesis of
an electrophoretic ink based on the microencapsulation of an electrophoretic dispersion.
eink (e-ink, eInk)
electrophoretic ink; a special type of epaper, developed and manufactured by E-Ink Corporation
Join us, then, as we take a walk through the nearly two - decade - long history of
electrophoretic ink and explain (in very simple terms) what makes the technology tick and why you should care.
That's a question we had for the folks at E-Ink Corporation, the brains behind the world's leading
electrophoretic ink technology, and they were more than happy to answer it.
display prototype with 3104 x 4128 resolution, about 385 ppi, that uses E Ink's
electrophoretic ink on a silicon thin - film transistor glass substrate.
Comiskey, B., Albert, J. D. & Jacobson, J.
Electrophoretic ink: a printable display material.In Digest of Tech.
If you're a heavy reader, then
electrophoretic ink may be your best friend.
If you have a dedicated e-reader, such as a Kindle or a Nook, you're using a technology called
electrophoretic ink, made by E Ink, to read your favorite books.
Electrophoretic ink hasn't yet made the cut for color, though researchers are working on it.
display prototype with 3104 by 4128 resolution, about 385 ppi, that uses E Ink's
electrophoretic ink on a Si - TFT glass substrate.
What can we expect from
electrophoretic ink in the future?
The big news about the Kindle Paperwhite is suggested by its name: It has a built - in light that, when adjusted to maximum brightness, makes the Kindle's display look closer to white than to the tinted, newspaper gray typical of E Ink's
electrophoretic ink screens (including this one, when the light is off).
On the other hand,
electrophoretic ink displays can't hold a candle to the iPad if you're reading in bed and don't want a bright reading light shining on your screen.
While
electrophoretic ink is fine for reading in situations where you have bright light — outdoors during the day, or with a reading lamp — it's much less usable in low - light environments.
For one, it means that
electrophoretic ink can use much less power than other types of displays.
Not exact matches
The prototype (shown above) is an active - matrix
electrophoretic (E
Ink) display fabricated on flexible plastic.
The most popular type of e-paper in use today is E
Ink's
electrophoretic technology, which creates images by moving around charged white and black particles floating in a clear fluid.
Then, B&N was the first company to successfully illuminate the monochrome
electrophoretic display (the technical name for «E
Ink») of an e-reader.
The SBPA003 was released in late 2011 and, notably, it is equipped with a second generation Active Matrix EPD (
Electrophoretic Display), which is a fairly feature - rich e
ink display.
Invited Paper: A Full Color
Electrophoretic Display Speaker: Michael D. McCreary, CTO E
Ink Corp., Billerica, MA, USA
«E
Ink's global R&D team has a deep understanding and experience with
electrophoretic displays.
That first - generation Kindle used a technology called microencapsulated
electrophoretic display, colloquially known as electronic
ink, or e-
ink.
«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.
E
Ink Holdings is the biggest supplier of
electrophoretic display, or EPD e-paper, that goes into the making of the Kindle e-book reader.
E
Ink's
electrophoretic technology puts oppositely charged black and white pigments into tiny «microcapsules» filled with a transparent fluid.
E
Ink's display platform, based on
electrophoretic technology has dominated the e-reader market since its official market launch in 2006.
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.
This is achieved through a process called electrophoresis, and E
Ink and SiPix each have a slightly different way of making their
electrophoretic displays work.
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.
I have also included the E
Ink reflective
electrophoretic tablet display mentioned earlier, which maintains color and image contrast independent of ambient light.
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.
A number of reflective tablet display technologies have been under long - term development, including E
Ink's
electrophoretic displays, Qualcomm's mirasol, Amazon's Liquavista, and Pixel Qi.
And unfortunately, Amazon and Barnes & Noble will be unable to sustain a business on the devices when it hits that low, because the price of the most important and expensive component of those Black & White e-
ink readers, the Vizplex display, is controlled by a company that exclusively manufactures and owns the rights to the
electrophoretic technology used in these devices, E
Ink Corporation.
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 face, E
Ink is the only company that scores a «strong positive» - with their nearly 100 % market share of the
electrophoretic market - which is used in products such as Amazon's Kindle and B&N Nook e-readers.
The so - called electro - kinetic pixel technology is based on the
electrophoretic principle - the same one used in E
Ink panels.
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.
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.
E
Ink has announced its new Advanced Color Paper, the first
electrophoretic («electronic paper») display able to produce full color sans the aid of a color filter array.
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.
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.
DittoBook utilizes the latest
Electrophoretic Display technology (EPD) from E
Ink Corporation.
TW), a digital signage and display visionary, today announced the mass production release of E
Ink Carta ™, the next generation
electrophoretic display technology.