Electrophoresis display device

An electrophoresis display device, comprising:

• a first board having a first surface;
• a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first surface;
• a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the first surface in parallel with the plurality of first electrodes;
• a second board having a second surface facing the first surface;
• a plurality of third electrodes disposed at the second surface, each of the plurality of third electrodes intersecting with the plurality of the first electrodes and the plurality of the second electrodes at intersections;
• a power source configured to apply a first voltage to at least one of said first electrodes, a second voltage to the plurality of second electrodes, and a third voltage to the plurality of third electrodes, wherein the first and third voltages each have one of at least three different values;
• and
• a dispersion liquid disposed between the first and the second boards and including an insulating liquid and a plurality of electrophoresis particles of same electric polarity.

An electrophoresis display device comprising:

• a first board having a first surface;
• a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first surface;
• a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the first surface in parallel with the plurality of first electrodes;
• a second board having a second surface;
• a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the second surface, each of the plurality of third electrodes intersecting with the first and the second electrodes at intersections;
• a power source configured to apply a first voltage to at least one of said first electrodes, a second voltage to the plurality of second electrodes, and a third voltage to the plurality of third electrodes, wherein the first and third voltages each have one of at least three different values;
• and
• microcapsules holding a dispersion liquid and disposed between the first and the second boards,
• wherein the dispersion liquid includes an insulating liquid and a plurality of electrophoresis particles of same electric polarity.

An electrophoresis display device, comprising:

• a plurality of cells two-dimensionally arranged and holding a dispersion liquid dispersed with an electrophoresis particles in an insulating liquid;
• first and second boards sandwiching the plurality of cells;
• a plurality of first electrodes each extending in a first direction and disposed near cell series of numbers of (2n+1:
• n is an integer of 0 or larger) and (2n+2) extending in the first direction;
• and
• a plurality of second electrodes, each extending in the first direction and disposed near cell series of numbers of (2n+2) and (2n+3);
• a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the second board, each of the plurality of third electrodes extending in a second direction different from the first direction and intersecting the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.

A method of controlling an electrophoresis display including a plurality of first electrodes disposed on a first surface, a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the second surface, each of the plurality of third electrodes intersecting with the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes, and a dispersion liquid disposed between the first and the second surfaces and including an insulating liquid and a plurality of electrophoresis particles charged to a same electrical polarity, said method comprising:

• applying to the first electrode an initial voltage, a first hold voltage, and a rewriting voltage having a voltage value between the initial voltage and the first hold voltage, said first electrical potential supplying unit applying the initial, first hold and rewriting voltages in an order of the initial voltage, the rewriting voltage, and the first hold voltage;
• applying to the second electrode an intermediary voltage having a voltage value between the initial voltage and the rewriting voyage;
• and
• applying to the third electrode a color display voltage having a voltage value different from the intermediary voltage, and a second hold voltage having a voltage value between the initial voltage and the rewriting voltage in synchronism with the first hold voltage.