IP Library Granted Patent US 9,310,662
Granted Patent B2
US 9,310,662 · App. 13/800,373 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Electrophoretic display apparatus and electronic device having a boundary layer between an electrode and an electrophoretic layer

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Patent No.
US 9,310,662
App. No.
13/800,373
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrophoretic display apparatus has an electrophoretic layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode each provided on the inner surface side of each of a pair of substrates and a boundary layer interposed between the first electrode and the electrophoretic layer. When the boundary layer has a thickness of T 1 and a volume resistivity of ρ 1 and the electrophoretic layer has a thickness of T 0 and a volume resistivity of ρ 0 , the thickness and the volume resistivity of the boundary layer satisfy the formula (ρ 1 /T 1 )≧1×10 13 Ω, and the thickness and the volume resistivity of the boundary layer and the electrophoretic layer satisfy the formula (ρ 1 ·T 1 )/(ρ 0 ·T 0 )≦1/9.

Claims (28)

1. An electrophoretic display apparatus comprising:

an electrophoretic layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode each provided on the inner surface side of each of a pair of substrates; and

a boundary layer positioned in a boundary between the first electrode and the electrophoretic layer, wherein:

when the boundary layer has a thickness of T 1 cm and a volume resistivity of ρ 1 Ω·cm and

the electrophoretic layer has a thickness of T 0 cm and a volume resistivity of ρ 0 Ω·cm,

the thickness and the volume resistivity of the boundary layer satisfy the following formula:

(ρ 1 /T 1 )≧1×10 13 Ω;

the thickness and the volume resistivity of the boundary layer and the electrophoretic layer satisfy the following formula:

(ρ 1 ·T 1 )/(ρ 0 ·T 0 )≦1/9; and

the thickness and the volume resistivity of the electrophoretic layer satisfy the following formula:

(ρ 0 ·T 0 )≧1×10 9 Ω·cm 2 .

2. An electrophoretic display apparatus comprising:

an electrophoretic layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode each provided on the inner surface side of each of a pair of substrates; and

a boundary layer positioned in a boundary between the first electrode and the electrophoretic layer, wherein:

when the boundary layer has a thickness of T 1 cm and a volume resistivity of ρ 1 Ω·cm and

the electrophoretic layer has a thickness of T 0 cm and a volume resistivity of ρ 0 Ω·cm,

the thickness and the volume resistivity of the boundary layer satisfy the following formula:

(ρ 1 /T 1 )≧5×10 12 Ω;

the thickness and the volume resistivity of the boundary layer and the electrophoretic layer satisfy the following formula:

(ρ 1 ·T 1 )/(ρ 0 ·T 0 )≦2/3; and

the thickness and the volume resistivity of the electrophoretic layer satisfy the following formula:

(ρ 0 ·T 0 )≧1×10 8 Ω·cm 2 .

3. The electrophoretic display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the boundary layer is a residue of an embossed wall member that partitions a pixel region as a place where the electrophoretic layer is positioned.

4. An electronic device comprising the electrophoretic display apparatus according to claim 1 .

5. An electronic device comprising the electrophoretic display apparatus according to claim 2 .

6. An electronic device comprising the electrophoretic display apparatus according to claim 3 .

7. The electrophoretic display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the boundary layer is a residue of an embossed wall member that partitions a pixel region as a place where the electrophoretic layer is positioned.

8. An electronic device comprising the electrophoretic display apparatus according to claim 7 .

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 Mar 13, 2013
From: ABE, DAISUKE
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030019/0920 →