IP Library Granted Patent US 8,766,962
Granted Patent B2
US 8,766,962 · App. 12/370,796 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Bistable display device

Inventors: Ted-Hong Shinn (Hsinchu, TW); Chi-Ming Wu (Hsinchu, TW); Yuan-Chih Tsai (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,766,962
App. No.
12/370,796
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a bistable display device having a driver circuit, the driver circuit has multiple electrical ports for electrically connecting to external circuits. The electric potential difference between any two neighboring ports is less than 10 volts so that electrical punch-through caused by great electric potential difference and short distance between the electrical ports is substantially avoided.

Claims (6)

1. A bistable display device comprising a driver circuit, the driver circuit having a plurality of electrical ports for connecting to external circuits, wherein the plurality of electrical ports comprise multiple first-type ports and multiple second-type ports alternately arranged along a specified direction, at least one second-type port is located between any two adjacent first-type ports, and the second-type ports are set to be floating, which are not connected to the external circuits, or each second-type port has a predetermined potential to achieve that an electric potential difference between any two adjacent ports is less than 10 volts.

2. The bistable display device of claim 1 , wherein the bistable display device is a cholesteric liquid crystal display.

3. The bistable display device of claim 1 , wherein the bistable display device is an electrophoretic display.

4. A bistable display device comprising a driver circuit, the driver circuit being for driving the bistable display device to display video and comprising a connection portion for connecting to an external circuit, wherein the connection portion comprises a plurality of first-type electrical ports and a plurality of second-type electrical ports, the first-type electrical ports and the second-type electrical ports alternately are arranged along a specified direction on the connection portion, at least one second-type port is located between any two adjacent first-type ports, and the first-type electrical ports rather than the second-type electrical ports are electrically connected with the external circuit, wherein each of the second-type ports has a predetermined potential to achieve that an electric potential difference between any two adjacent ports is less than 10 volts.

5. The bistable display device of claim 4 , wherein the bistable display device is a cholesteric liquid crystal display.

6. The bistable display device of claim 4 , wherein the bistable display device is an electrophoretic display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2014
From: PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.
To: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 032918/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2009
From: SHINN, TED-HONG; WU, CHI-MING; TSAI, YUAN-CHIH
To: PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 022255/0217 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 97133596 A · Sep 2, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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