Electrophoretic display panel

• US 20050231460A1
• Filed: 06/12/2003
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Mark Thomas, Jak, Martin Jacobus Johan, Henzen, Alexander Victor, Zhou, Guofu
• Application Number:
  US10/518,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20050231460A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/107
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/0147 based on thermo-optic effects G02F1/132 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/167 by electrophoresis

Abstract

An electrophoretic display panel (1) for displaying pictures has a first and a second opposed substrate (8,9), an electrophoretic medium (5) between the substrates (8,9), a plurality of pixels (2) and drive means (100). The electrophoretic medium (5) has charged particles (6) in a fluid. The first and the second substrate (8,9) have for each pixel (2) a first and a second electrode (3,4), for receiving a potential difference. The potential difference determines positions of the charged particles (6). The drive means (100) are able to control the potential difference of each pixel (2). The switching time is the time interval to change, in operation, the position of the charged particles (6) between the first and the second electrode (3,4). For the display panel (1) to be able to have a reproducible switching time the display panel (1) further has heating means (13) for heating the medium (5) to a medium temperature in the range of 30° C. and 70° C.

Claims

1. An electrophoretic display panel for displaying pictures, comprising:

a first and a second opposed substrate,

an electrophoretic medium between the substrates, the electrophoretic medium comprising charged particles in a fluid,

a plurality of pixels, and

drive means,

the first and the second substrate having for each pixel a first and a second electrode, respectively, for receiving a potential difference determining positions of the charged particles, and

the drive means being able to control the potential difference of each pixel, characterized in that

the display panel further comprises heating means for heating the medium to a medium temperature in the range of 30°

C. and 70°

C.

2. A display panel as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the heating means comprise:

a heating element,

a temperature probe, able to measure the medium temperature, and

a temperature controller, able to control the heating element, in dependence of the measured medium temperature.

3. A display panel as claimed in claim 2 characterized in that the heating element is able to heat the medium via the first substrate.

4. A display panel as claimed in claim 3 characterized in that the first substrate has a heat conducting layer, covering at least a portion of a surface of the first substrate and being in contact with the heating element.