Electro-optic displays, and processes for the production thereof

An article of manufacture comprising, in order:

• a color filter array;
• a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer;
• an electrophoretic medium comprising a plurality of discrete droplets of electrophoretic medium in a polymeric binder, each droplet comprising a plurality of charged particles dispersed in a suspending fluid and capable of moving therethrough on application of an electric field to the suspending fluid, the polymeric binder flowing at a temperature of not more than about 150° C.;
• and a release sheet in contact with the polymeric binder.

A method for manufacturing a hybrid display, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a front plane laminate comprising an electro-optic layer and a substrate, the front plane laminate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE);
• (b) producing an electro-optic display by laminating the front plane laminate to a backplane comprising at least one electrode, the backplane having a second CTE;
• (c) heating the display to a temperature above a threshold temperature, thereby producing a heated display with a curvature;
• and (d) gradually lowering the temperature to an ambient temperature to release structural stress resulting from any differential expansion of the front plane laminate and the backplane such that the curvature is substantially reduced.