Electrophoretic display
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJoseph Grover Gordon, II, Mark Whitney Hart, Andrew Marian Homola, Dennis Richard McKean, Lawrence Brian Schein, Barton Allen Smith, Sally Ann Swanson
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Abstract
The invention relates to an ambient light electrophoretic display comprising a plurality of cells containing a suspension of charged pigment particles in a light-transmissive fluid. Each cell comprises a light-transmissive front window, a nonobstructing collecting electrode and counter electrode disposed in the cell, and a panel having a reflective or absorbing surface.
Claims2
An electrophoretic cell for use in displays containing a suspension of charged pigment particles in a light-transmissive fluid, the cell comprising:
- (a) a light-transmissive front window;
- (b) a nonobstructing collecting electrode disposed at the side of the cell;
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- (c) a pedestal shaped counter electrode.
An electrophoretic display comprising a plurality of cells containing a suspension of charged pigment particles in a light-transmissive fluid, each cell comprising:
- (a) a light-transmissive front window;
- (b) a nonobstructing collecting electrode disposed at the side of the cell;
- (c) a pedestal shaped counter electrode;
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- (d) rear panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.