IP Library Granted Patent US 8,068,091
Granted Patent B2
US 8,068,091 · App. 12/331,540 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Electrophoretic display device

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Patent No.
US 8,068,091
App. No.
12/331,540
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrophoretic display device includes a pair of substrates, a pixel, a first electrode being formed on one of the substrates for the pixel, a second electrode being formed on the other of the substrates, and an electrophoretic element which is held between the first electrode and the second electrode. The pixel includes a pixel switching element which is connected to a scan line and a data line, a memory circuit which is connected to the pixel switching element, and a switch circuit which is interposed between the memory circuit and the first electrode. The memory circuit is connected with a first power source line and a second power source line, and the switch circuit is connected with a first control line and a second control line. The first power source line and the second power source line cross each other at a first position of the pixel, and the first control line and the second control line cross each other at a second position of the pixel.

Claims (22)

1. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a pair of substrates;

a pixel;

a first electrode being formed on one of the substrates for the pixel;

a second electrode being formed on the other of the substrates;

an electrophoretic element including electrophoretic particles, the electrophoretic element being held between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a pixel switching element provided for the pixel, the pixel switching element being connected to a scan line and a data line;

a memory circuit provided for the pixel, the memory circuit being connected to the pixel switching element; and

a switch circuit provided for the pixel, the switch circuit being interposed between the memory circuit and the first electrode;

wherein the memory circuit is connected with a first power source line and a second power source line, and the switch circuit is connected with a first control line and a second control line,

wherein the first power source line and the second power source line cross each other at a first position of the pixel, and

the first control line and the second control line cross each other at a second position of the pixel.

2. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the pixel has a rectangular shape in plan view,

the first position corresponds to a first corner of the four corners of the pixel, and

the second position corresponds to a second corner opposing the first corner of the four corners of the pixel.

3. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the memory circuit is provided in the vicinity of the first corner of the pixel, and

the switch circuit is provided in the vicinity of the second corner of the pixel.

4. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first power source line, the second power source line, the first signal line and the second signal line is shared by adjacent pixels.

5. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 4 , wherein the arrangement of the adjacent pixels which share at least one of the first power source line, the second power source line, the first signal line and the second signal line in plan view are linearly symmetrical with respect to the shared line.

6. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 4 , wherein the scan line and the data line are arranged to be closer to each of the pixels than the line, which is shared by the adjacent pixels, of the first power source line, the second power source line, the first signal line and the second signal line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2008
From: MURAYAMA, TETSURO; SHIMODAIRA, YASUHIRO
To: C/O SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021951/0797 →