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Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,481 · App. 16/585,453 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Color electrophoretic displays using same polarity reversing address pulse

Inventors: Stephen J. Telfer (Arlington, MA); Stephen Bull (Windham, NH); Alain Bouchard (Boston, MA); Craig A. Herb (Medford, MA); Kosta Ladavac (Somerville, MA); Ana L. Lattes (Newton, MA); Jennifer M. Morrison (Wakefield, MA); Richard J. Paolini, Jr. (Framingham, MA); Michael Thomas Regan (Troutman, NC); Luke M. Slominski (Sharon, MA); Lee Yezek (Watertown, MA); Kenneth R. Crounse (Somerville, MA); J. Ryan Kruse (Wayland, MA); Christopher L. Hoogeboom (Burlington, MA); Jason D. Feick (Auburndale, MA); David Darrell Miller (Wakefield, MA)
Assignee: E Ink Corporation
G09G3/344G02F1/167G02F1/1685G02F2001/1678G09G2310/06G09G2310/068
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Patent No.
US 11,195,481
App. No.
16/585,453
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrophoretic display comprising a fluid including a first species of particles and a charge control agent disposed between first and second electrodes. When a first addressing impulse have an electrical polarity is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in one direction relative to the electric field, but when a second addressing impulse, larger than the first addressing impulse but having the same electrical polarity, is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in the opposed direction relative to the electric field.

Claims (6)

1. An electrophoretic medium comprising a fluid and at least two types of charged particles disposed in the fluid and capable of moving through the fluid when an electric field is applied to the medium, the medium further comprising a charge control agent and a charge-control adjuvant, wherein the weight fraction of the charge control adjuvant is from 0.004 to 0.022, wherein the weight fraction of the charge control adjuvant is the weight of the charge control adjuvant in the electrophoretic medium divided by the sum of the weights of the charge control adjuvant and the charge control agent in the electrophoretic medium, wherein the charge control adjuvant is capable of imparting a more positive charge to the charged particles, and wherein the charge-control adjuvant is a metal salt of 3,5-di-tertbutylsalicylic acid.

2. The electrophoretic medium according to claim 1 , comprising three types of charged particles.

3. The electrophoretic medium according to claim 1 , further comprising poly(isobutylene).

4. The electrophoretic medium according to claim 1 , wherein the charge control agent is an organic amide.

5. The electrophoretic medium according to claim 1 , wherein the charge control agent has a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary ammonium group.

6. The electrophoretic medium according to claim 1 , wherein the charge control adjuvant is aluminum salt of 3,5-di-tertbutylsalicylic acid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2019
From: TELFER, STEPHEN J.; BULL, STEPHEN; BOUCHARD, ALAIN; HERB, CRAIG A; LADAVAC, KOSTA; LATTES, ANA L.; MORRISON, JENNIFER M.; PAOLINI, RICHARD J., JR.; REGAN, MICHAEL THOMAS; SLOMINSKI, LUKE M.; YEZEK, LEE; CROUNSE, KENNETH R.; KRUSE, J. RYAN; HOOGEBOOM, CHRISTOPHER L.; FEICK, JASON D.; MILLER, DAVID D.
To: E INK CORPORATION
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16263532 · Jan 31, 2019
Continuation 15606058 · May 26, 2017
Continuation 14277107 · May 14, 2014
Provisional Application 61823031 · May 14, 2013
Related Publication 20200035171A1 · Jan 30, 2020
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