IP Library Granted Patent US 9,921,452
Granted Patent B2
US 9,921,452 · App. 15/255,810 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Electrophoretic display device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakamura (Matsumoto, JP); Kei Kamakura (Hara-mura, JP); Soichi Moriya (Suwa, JP); Toru Katakabe (Chino, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G02F1/167G02F1/1339G02F1/13439G02F1/133345G02F2001/1676
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Patent No.
US 9,921,452
App. No.
15/255,810
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electrophoretic display device includes an element substrate (first substrate), a counter substrate (second substrate) being disposed opposite to the element substrate, a partition being disposed between the element substrate and the counter substrate, and a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and the dispersion medium, which is disposed in a cell (space) defined by the partition. Further, a pixel electrodes (first electrode) is disposed on the dispersion liquid side of the element substrate, a common electrode (second electrode) is disposed on the dispersion liquid side of the counter substrate, the electrophoretic display device includes a coating layer on a surface in contact with the dispersion liquid in at least one electrode side of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and the contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°.

Claims (75)

1. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;

a partition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

and

a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and disposed in a space defined by the partition,

wherein

a first electrode is disposed on the first substrate and a second electrode is disposed on the second substrate,

at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid,

a contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°,

the second substrate includes a sealing layer, and

the sealing layer has the coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid.

2. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate includes an insulating layer, and

the insulating layer has the coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid.

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

4. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein the partition further includes the coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid.

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

6. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein a contact angle to methylene iodide of the coating layer is not more than 50°.

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

8. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer mainly contains at least one of cycloolefin polymer, ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a methyl terpene copolymers.

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

10. The electrophoretic display device according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has an average thickness of not less than 0.05 μm and not more than 0.5 μm.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising the electrophoretic display device according to claim 10 .

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

13. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;

a partition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and disposed in a space defined by the partition,

wherein

a first electrode is disposed on the first substrate and a second electrode is disposed on the second substrate,

at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid,

a contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°,

the first substrate includes an insulating layer, and

the insulating layer has the coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid.

14. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;

a partition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and disposed in a space defined by the partition,

wherein

a first electrode is disposed on the first substrate and a second electrode is disposed on the second substrate,

at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid,

a contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°, and

the partition further includes the coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid.

15. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;

a partition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and disposed in a space defined by the partition,

wherein

a first electrode is disposed on the first substrate and a second electrode is disposed on the second substrate,

at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid,

a contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°, and

a contact angle to methylene iodide of the coating layer is not more than 50°.

16. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;

a partition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and disposed in a space defined by the partition,

wherein

a first electrode is disposed on the first substrate and a second electrode is disposed on the second substrate,

at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid,

a contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°, and

the coating layer mainly contains at least one of cycloolefin polymer, ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a methyl terpene copolymers.

17. An electrophoretic display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;

a partition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and disposed in a space defined by the partition,

wherein

a first electrode is disposed on the first substrate and a second electrode is disposed on the second substrate,

at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coating layer on a surface thereof which is in contact with the dispersion liquid,

a contact angle to water of the coating layer is not less than 60°, and

the coating layer has an average thickness of not less than 0.05 μm and not more than 0.5 μm.

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 Sep 2, 2016
From: NAKAMURA, KIYOSHI; KAMAKURA, KEI; MORIYA, SOICHI; KATAKABE, TORU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039623/0508 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-174999 · Sep 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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