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Methods for driving electrophoretic displays using dielectrophoretic forces

US7999787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2005
Grant dateAug 16, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2201/12
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface.

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