Electrophotographic display device and driving method therefor
First Claim
1. An electrophoretic display device, comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other with a gap therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at at least partially deviated positions on the first substrate, a transparent insulating liquid filling the gap between the first and second substrates, and colored electrophoretic particles carried in the insulating liquid so as to be movable between the first electrode and the second electrode, whereinthe first substrate has a magnetism, and the electrophoretic particles also have a magnetism.
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Abstract
An electrophoretic display device exhibiting a memory characteristic, i.e., capable of holding a display state even after removal of an applied voltage, is provided by introducing a mechanism that colored electrophoretic particles are retained in position for display in the absence of an electric field. For the purpose, at least one of a pair of substrates holding therebetween colored electrophoretic particles together with an insulating liquid is provided with a magnetism by disposing a magnetic material on or in the substrate together with the use of magnetized colored electrophoretic particles so as to retain the colored electrophoretic particles in position under the action of a magnetic Coulomb force exerted by the magnetized substrate.
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9 Claims
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1. An electrophoretic display device, comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other with a gap therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at at least partially deviated positions on the first substrate, a transparent insulating liquid filling the gap between the first and second substrates, and colored electrophoretic particles carried in the insulating liquid so as to be movable between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein
the first substrate has a magnetism, and the electrophoretic particles also have a magnetism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other with a gap therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at at least partially deviated positions on the first substrate, a transparent insulating liquid filling the gap between the first and second substrates, and colored electrophoretic particles carried in the insulating liquid so as to be movable between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein
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8. A driving method for an electrophoretic display device of the type comprising a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other with a gap therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at at least partially deviated positions on the first substrate, a transparent insulating liquid filling the gap between the first and second substrates, and colored electrophoretic particles carried in the insulating liquid so as to be movable between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first substrate has a magnetism, and the electrophoretic particles also have a magnetism;
said driving method comprising applying different levels of voltages between the first electrode and the second electrode, so that the colored electrophoretic particles are moved between the first and second electrodes at a voltage exerting an electrostatic force larger than a magnetic Coulomb force acting between the electrophoretic particles and the first substrate, and the colored electrophoretic particles are retained on the first or second electrode at a voltage exerting an electrostatic force smaller than the magnetic Coulomb force acting between the electrophoretic particles and the first substrate. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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