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Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays

US8077381B2 · kind B2 · utility

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133References

10Claims

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Assignee

E Ink Holdings Inc. · TW

Inventors

Richard D. LeCain · Watertown, US
Ara N. Knaian · Newton, US
Steven J. O'Neil · Pembroke, US
Gregg M. Duthaler · Brookline, US
Guy M. Danner · Somerville, US
Robert W. Zehner · Cambridge, US
Alberto Goenaga · Lompoc, US
Benjamin Max Davis · San Francisco, US
Randolph W. Chan · Lexington, US
Jonathan D. Albert · Cambridge, US
Glen Crossley · Hamilton, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 18, 2010
Grant date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/1476
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a release sheet. This front plane laminate can be prepared as a continuous web, cut to size, the release sheet removed and the laminate laminated to a backplane to form a display. Methods for providing conductive vias through the electro-optic medium and for testing the front plane laminate are also described.

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