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WO2012067313A1 - Dispositif d'affichage à électrophorèse, feuille d'image et son procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

Dispositif d'affichage à électrophorèse, feuille d'image et son procédé de fabrication Download PDF

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WO2012067313A1
WO2012067313A1 PCT/KR2011/002098 KR2011002098W WO2012067313A1 WO 2012067313 A1 WO2012067313 A1 WO 2012067313A1 KR 2011002098 W KR2011002098 W KR 2011002098W WO 2012067313 A1 WO2012067313 A1 WO 2012067313A1
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  • the present invention relates to display technology, and more particularly, to an electrophoretic display device, an image sheet, and a manufacturing method thereof.
  • an electrophoretic display device uses a phenomenon in which charged particles move by an electric field applied between two electrodes.
  • the particles may have one kind of color or two or more kinds of colors.
  • the polarities of these particles are generally opposite to each other, but can be independently controlled by the difference in electrophoretic mobility even if they have the same polarity.
  • an electrophoretic display device is one in which image information is implemented by particles, so that image quality such as contrast ratio and color reproducibility depends on the physical, electrical and optical properties of the particles.
  • the present invention has been made in an effort to provide an electrophoretic display device capable of improving display quality such as color reproduction power, brightness, and contrast ratio.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an image sheet having the above-described advantages.
  • Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing an electrophoretic display device to the above advantages.
  • Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method for producing an image sheet having the advantages described above.
  • Electrophoretic display device for achieving the technical problem, the substrate facing each other and at least one transparent; At least one cavity disposed between the substrates and filled with a fluid; And a plurality of particles dispersed in the fluid and controlled by an electric field, wherein at least some of the plurality of particles with respect to the refractive index n1 of the fluid satisfy 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3
  • the material having the refractive index n2 may satisfy 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.
  • the plurality of particles may include two or more kinds of particles having different colors and electrophoretic mobility, and only one kind of particles may include a material having the refractive index n 2.
  • the particles of any one type may be black particles.
  • the material having the refractive index n 2 is a resin, and the at least some particles may include the resin and color materials dispersed in the resin.
  • the at least some particles may include core particles displaying color and a refractive index adjusting layer coated on the core particles, wherein the refractive index adjusting layer may be formed of a material having the refractive index n2.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer may include a resin layer formed of one or two or more layers.
  • the material having the refractive index n 2 may be an external additive bound on the core particles.
  • the external additive may include any one or a combination of oxide powder and plastic pigment.
  • Electrophoretic display device for achieving the technical problem is a substrate facing each other and at least one transparent; At least one cavity disposed between the substrates and filled with a fluid; And a plurality of particles dispersed in the fluid and controlled by an electric field, wherein a ratio of the refractive index n2 of at least some of the plurality of particles to the refractive index n1 of the fluid is 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ Can be configured to satisfy 1.3.
  • the refractive index n 2 of the at least some particles may be determined by a component having a maximum volume ratio among the components constituting the particles.
  • the refractive index n2 of the at least some particles may be configured to satisfy 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.
  • the plurality of particles include two or more kinds of particles having different colors and electrophoretic mobility, and only one type of particles of the plurality of particles has a ratio of the refractive index 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3 can be satisfied.
  • the particles of any one type may be black particles.
  • the at least some particles may include a resin having the refractive index n 2 and color materials dispersed in the resin.
  • the at least some particles include a core particle exhibiting color and a refractive index adjusting layer coated on the core particles, wherein the refractive index n2 of the at least some particles is equal to 0 by the refractive index n1 of the fluid by the refractive index adjusting layer. n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3 may be satisfied.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer may include a resin layer formed of one or two or more layers.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer may be formed from an external additive bonded to the core particles.
  • the external additive may include any one or a combination of oxide powder and plastic pigment.
  • the core particle may include a binder resin and color materials representing the color dispersed in the binder resin.
  • the core particle may include one or more light reflective subparticles and a color layer surrounding the light reflective subparticles.
  • the core particle may include resin-based sub particles and color layers surrounding the resin-based sub particles.
  • an image sheet including: support substrates facing each other and at least one transparent; At least one cavity disposed between the substrates and filled with a fluid; And a plurality of particles dispersed in the fluid and controlled by an electric field, wherein at least some of the plurality of particles with respect to the refractive index n1 of the fluid are configured such that a ratio of refractive index n2 is 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3 .
  • a method of manufacturing an electrophoretic display device including a plurality of electrophoretic particles dispersed in a fluid. Adjusting the refractive index of the at least some days such that the ratio of the refractive index n2 of at least some of the plurality of particles to the refractive index n1 is 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3.
  • the index of refraction n2 of the at least some particles can be adjusted by those having the largest volume ratio among the transparent components constituting the particles.
  • the at least some particles may include a resin having the refractive index n 2 and color materials dispersed in the resin.
  • a step of coating a refractive index control layer on the at least some particles may be performed.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer may include a resin layer formed of one or two or more layers.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer may include an external additive bound to the at least some particles.
  • an image sheet including a plurality of electrophoretic particles dispersed in a fluid. Adjusting the refractive index of the at least some days such that the ratio of the refractive index n2 of at least some of the plurality of particles is 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3.
  • the refractive index ratio of the particles to the fluid satisfies 0 ⁇ n2 / n1 ⁇ 1.3, it is possible to improve the color reproducibility and brightness by the color particles thereby, In this case, there is an advantage that can improve the contrast. This advantage is optimized for resin-based particles.
  • an image sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention has the advantages and features described above.
  • the electrophoretic display device and the image sheet manufacturing method according to the embodiments of the present invention by controlling the refractive index ratio through the refractive index control layer, such as a resin layer to easily improve the display quality such as color reproduction power and brightness and contrast There is an advantage to this.
  • the ratio of the refractive index can be easily controlled by providing the refractive index adjusting layer by the external method.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B are cross-sectional views schematically illustrating a structure of electrophoretic particles according to an embodiment of the present invention and a structure of electrophoretic particles according to a comparative example, respectively.
  • FIGS. 2A to 2D are cross-sectional views showing the structure of electrophoretic particles according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • 3A and 3B are cross-sectional views showing the structure of electrophoretic particles according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of a pixel of an electrophoretic display apparatus using particles according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of a pixel of an electrophoretic display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an image sheet.
  • first, second, etc. are used herein to describe various members, parts, regions, and / or parts, these members, parts, regions, and / or parts should not be limited by these terms. Is self-explanatory. These terms are only used to distinguish one member, part, region or part from another region or part. Thus, the first member, part, region, or portion, which will be described below, may refer to the second member, component, region, or portion without departing from the teachings of the present invention.
  • the terms “on” or “up” as used herein include not only directly above, but also in the case where other layers are interposed therebetween unless otherwise specified.
  • the terms “below” or “below” include not only directly below unless otherwise indicated, but also when other layers are interposed therebetween.
  • transparent means to have a suitable level of transmission for all or part of the band of light, which is electromagnetic waves, for example the visible light band or the blue band.
  • display quality such as color reproducibility and contrast ratio may be improved by controlling the refractive index ratio of the particles to the fluid.
  • the following examples exemplarily relate to electrophoretic particles, a manufacturing method thereof, an electrophoretic display apparatus and image sheets using the particles.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B are cross-sectional views schematically illustrating a structure of an electrophoretic particle 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and a structure of an electrophoretic particle RP according to a comparative example, respectively.
  • the particles 100 and RP may be formed of a resin 1 and colorants in the resin 1 having a refractive index n2 selected in consideration of the refractive index n1 of the fluid U described later. (colorant; 2).
  • the resin 1 may be, for example, urethane resin, urea resin, acrylic resin, polyester resin, poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA).
  • PET Polyethylene terephthalate
  • polyethylene resin acrylic acid copolymer, polyvinyl formal, polyvinyl butyral, polybutyl acrylate, polybutyl methacrylate, acrylic urethane resin, acrylic urethane Acrylic resins, acryl urethane fluoro-carbon polymers, acryl fluorocarbon polymers, silicone resins, acrylic silicone resins, polystyrene Polystyrene resin, styrene acrylic resin, polyolefin resin, butyral resin, vinyl Vinylidene chloride resin, melamine resin, phenolic resin, fluorocarbon polymers, polycarbonate resin, polysulfon resin, polyether resin (polyether resin), polyethylene resin, polyamide resin, formaldehyde-based polymers or copolymers such as urea formaldehyde or pinol formaldehyde, these materials may be two or more materials May be used in combination.
  • PET Polyethylene terephthalate
  • polyethylene resin acrylic acid
  • the resin may be urea formaldehyde (refractive index 1.43) or polymethyl methacrylate (refractive index 1.49).
  • the resin may be a natural resin such as gelatin, alginic acid, latex polymer or other polymers and copolymers.
  • the color material 2 may be a dye, a pigment, or a combination thereof having a predetermined composition ratio to exhibit color.
  • the color of the color material 2 may be any one of red, green, blue magenta, cyan, and yellow, for example.
  • the color material 2 may have achromatic colors such as white and black.
  • the dyes constituting the colorant 2 may be commercial acid dyes, oil-soluble dyes, disperse dyes, reactive dyes or direct dyes, and the like. have.
  • the pigment may be organic, inorganic or metallic particles having any suitable dispersibility.
  • the pigment may be a plurality of particles dispersed in the resin 1 as shown in FIG. 1A, but this is exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the pigment may be a single particle, in which case the single particle constitutes an inner core of the particle 100, and the resin 1 is a layer coated with a single layer or a plurality of layers on the single particle. It may be.
  • the particles 100, RP may further comprise at least one or more additives such as any suitable charge control agent, stabilizer, photoinitiator and photoamplifier, in addition to the colorant 2, as desired.
  • additives may have a composition dispersed in the resin, copolymerized with the resin material, adsorbed on the surface of the resin or chemically bonded.
  • the above-described additives can be easily contained in the particles, so that the charge characteristics, dispersion characteristics, electrophoretic mobility and density of the particles can be easily contained.
  • Such properties can be easily controlled, and there is an advantage that the charging property and the flowability can be improved by covering the irregular shape of the pigment particles with a resin.
  • the particles 100 in which the colorant 2 is dispersed in the resin 1 may be subjected to a polymerization process or a grinding process such as melt-mixing of the resin 1 and the colorant 2, subsequent emulsion polymerization / aggregation methods and suspension polymerization methods. Can get through.
  • the resulting result may be further subjected to a classification process to control the particle size distribution.
  • the aforementioned particles 100, RP are dispersed in a fluid U filled in a cavity (not shown) of the electrophoretic display device.
  • Light I incident from the outside excites, absorbs, or is reflected by the colorants 2 in the resin 1 to produce color.
  • display quality such as color reproduction and contrast ratio, depends on the optical properties between the fluid U and the particles 100, RP.
  • the improvement of the display quality may be achieved by controlling the light conversion process of the light I incident on the particle 100 through the fluid U.
  • the control of the light conversion process is achieved by controlling the refractive index between the fluid U surrounding the particle 100 and the resin 1.
  • the ratio n2 / n1 of the refractive index n2 of the particle 100 to the refractive index n1 of the fluid U has a positive value of less than 1.3, more preferably, the ratio (n2 / n1). ) May have a positive value less than one.
  • Suitable fluids U may be fluids such as isopar TM G (isoparaffin, refractive index 1.42) and Halocarbon oil (refractive index 1.38). This is exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • Fluid U may be provided as a single fluid or a mixture of two or more different fluids for refractive index control. Alternatively, the refractive index of the fluid U may be controlled by dispersing a component having a higher refractive index than the material constituting the particles in a suitable fluid.
  • FIG. 1A shows the light conversion process when the ratio (n2 / n1) of the refractive index n2 of the particle to the refractive index n1 of the fluid has a positive value of less than 1.3
  • FIG. 1B shows the refractive index n2 of the particle as a comparative example.
  • the light conversion process when the ratio n2 / n1 has a value of 1.3 or more is shown. It is assumed that these particles are color particles having a color other than black.
  • any color particle having a refractive index n 2 For any color particle having a refractive index n 2 according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1A, most of the incident light I passing through the fluid U passes through the surface of the particle 100 and thus the particle. It is transmitted inside (100), only some of the light (R s1 ) can be reflected from the surface of the particle (100).
  • the light I t transmitted into the particle 100 excites, or is absorbed or reflected by, the colorant 2 to generate the reflected light R c1 having a predetermined color while having a predetermined color.
  • Some light R s1 that is not transmitted into the particle 100 but is reflected at the surface may contribute to enhancing the brightness of the color represented by the particle 100, and in a color display, increases the contrast.
  • the embodiment shown is described in terms of colored particles, it should be understood that, according to the present invention, even in achromatic resin-based black or white particles, they have the same advantages.
  • the ratio of the refractive index between the fluid U and the black particles 100 is within the scope of the present invention, the reflected light R s1 is reduced or suppressed as much as possible and light of sufficient intensity It is inside the particle 100. ) Can be delivered and absorbed.
  • the ratio (n 2 / n 1) of the refractive index n 2 of the resin 1 to the refractive index n 1 of the fluid U may be less than one.
  • the colorant 2 or other additives contained in the particle 100 may be formed of the resin 1.
  • the refractive index n2 of (2) may have a value in which the ratio n2 / n1 of the refractive index satisfies a positive value of less than 1.3 with respect to the refractive index n1 of the fluid U.
  • the refractive index of the particles may be adjusted by designing the particles in consideration of the refractive indices of the transparent components having a volume ratio of more than 50% in the two-component composition constituting the particles.
  • the particle structure may be designed such that the refractive index of the component having the maximum volume ratio among the optically transparent components has the ratio of the refractive index.
  • 2A-2D are cross-sectional views illustrating the structure of electrophoretic particles 200A, 200B, 200C, and 200D according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the particle 200A may include a refractive index adjusting layer 1L formed of a material for adjusting the refractive index n2 of the particle 200A with respect to the refractive index n1 of the fluid.
  • the core particles 4 in the particles 200A may be the binder resin 3 and the above-described color material 2 dispersed in the binder resin 3.
  • the binder resin may be any one or a combination of the above-described resin materials, and may be other suitable materials.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer 1L may be a resin layer coated on the core particle 4 surface.
  • the refractive index control layer 1L may be a single layer as shown, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the refractive index control layer 1L may be two or more resin layers.
  • the thickness of the refractive index adjusting layer 1L may be appropriately selected for density matching of the fluid and the whole particle.
  • the resin layer may be formed of any suitable material having a refractive index n2 such that the ratio of the refractive index n2 / n1 to the refractive index n1 of the fluid has a positive value of less than 1.3, for example, fluid and In relation to, it can be selected from the resins described above with reference to FIG.
  • additives such as charge control agents, stabilizers, photoinitiators and photoamplifiers may be dispersed within, or chemically and / or physically adsorbed onto, the resin layer.
  • the particles 200B may include a refractive index adjusting layer 1L similar to the particles of FIG. 2A.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer 1L may be a resin layer having a suitable refractive index.
  • the core particle 4 of the particle 200B has a single particle type light reflective sub-particle 5a in order to increase the reflectivity and shielding power of the light incident through the refractive index control layer 1L.
  • a color layer 6 surrounding the light reflective subparticles 5a may be a dye and / or pigment layer dispersed in a binder resin.
  • the color layer 6 may be implemented by a printing and developing method using a dye forming coupler and a photosensitive metal salt, as disclosed in Applicant's application 2010-39664. Said application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • the light reflective subparticles 5a may be, for example, white inorganic particles having a size adjusted to increase the light shielding force of the resin particles.
  • the white inorganic particles include titanium oxide, antimony trioxide, zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, barium sulfate, barium titanium oxide, kaolin (kaolun), calcium oxide (calcium oxide), calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ), or a combination thereof may be included.
  • the materials listed are exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the light reflective subparticle 5a may be metallic particles such as silver nanoparticles, platinum nanoparticles or aluminum nanoparticles.
  • the particles 200C may similarly include a refractive index adjusting layer 1L.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer 1L may be a resin layer having a suitable refractive index.
  • the core particles 4 constituting the particles 200C have two or more light reflective subparticles 5b, and the light reflective subparticles 5b are suitably dispersed in the binder resin 3.
  • the color layer 6 described above with reference to FIG. 2B may be coated on the binder resin 3.
  • the binder resin 3 in which the light reflective subparticles 5b are dispersed may have a larger refractive index n3 than the resin of the refractive index adjusting layer 1L.
  • the light drawn into the particle 200C has a high reflectance at the surface of the core particle 4, whereby the color reproduction, brightness and contrast ratio can be increased.
  • the light reflective subparticles 5b may be white inorganic particles or metal particles, as described above with reference to FIG. 2B.
  • the particle 200D may include a refractive index adjusting layer 1L made of a resin layer having a refractive index n2 selected with respect to the refractive index n1 of the fluid U. .
  • the core particle 4 in the particle 200D includes the resin sub particle 7 and the color layer 6 surrounding the resin sub particle 7.
  • the refractive index n3 of the resin constituting the resin subparticle 7 may be larger than the refractive index n2 of the refractive index adjusting layer 1L.
  • the particles can easily achieve the ratio of the refractive index in relation to the surrounding fluid, and due to the adjusted refractive index, the reflected light at the surface of the particles is reduced or suppressed.
  • light of sufficient intensity may be transferred into the particles, thereby improving color reproduction and contrast of displayed information.
  • the structure of the core particle described above may be appropriately selected for density matching with the fluid outside the particle, and may be modified to any one or combination of the above-described features.
  • 3A and 3B are cross-sectional views showing the structure of electrophoretic particles according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
  • adjusting the refractive index of the particle 300A to improve color reproducibility and contrast may be achieved by the external additive 1E bonded on the core particle 4.
  • the core particles 4 to which the external additive 1E is bonded may be resin particles in which a colorant 3 such as a predetermined pigment and / dye is dispersed in the resin 1, as described with reference to FIG. 2A. .
  • the external additive 1E a suitable material can be selected such that its refractive index n2 has a positive value of the refractive index ratio n2 / n1 less than 1.3 with respect to the refractive index n1 of the surrounding fluid.
  • the external additive 1E may be, for example, an oxide powder such as carbon black, titanium oxide or silica, and preferably silica (refractive index 1.4). However, this is exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the external additive 1E may be a plastic pigment (or beads). Examples of the plastic pigment may be formed using the resin-based material described above with reference to FIGS. 1A and 1B, for example, PMMA or urea formaldehyde. These external additives 1E may be added onto the core particles 4 of the particles 300A within the range of 0.5 to 20% by weight of the total particles.
  • the external additive 1E can press-fit the external additive to the surface of the mother particle by rotating the mother particle, which is the core particle 4, and a suitable external material at a high speed using a mixer using a blade and / or compressed air.
  • An appropriate binder layer may be coated on the core particles to increase the binding force of the external additives indented into the parent particles.
  • the particle 300B includes an external additive (IE) as the refractive index adjusting layer.
  • the core particles 4 inside the particles have a single-particle light reflective subparticle 5a and a light reflective subparticle 5a in order to increase the reflectivity and shielding power of light incident through the external additive 1E, which is a refractive index control layer. It may include a color layer 6 surrounding. A detailed description thereof may refer to the above disclosure with reference to FIG. 2B.
  • the refractive index adjusting layer formed by the external additive method can achieve the ratio of the above-described refractive index in relation to the surrounding fluid while improving the flowability, the charge characteristic or the dispersion characteristic of the particles. Since the reflected light at the particle surface is reduced or suppressed, light of sufficient intensity is transmitted to the inside of the particle to faithfully implement color reproduction by the core particles, and at the same time, the contrast can be improved.
  • various types of core particles disclosed with reference to FIGS. 2C and 2D may also be implemented in combination with an external additive, which also makes it clear that the scope of the present invention is also within the scope of the present invention.
  • FIG 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a part of a pixel of the electrophoretic display apparatus 1000 using the particles 100C and 100K according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • particles 100C and 100K are dispersed in the fluid U filling the cavity V defined by the microcapsule shell 30.
  • the capsule shell 30 can be fixed by the surrounding binder resin (B).
  • One or more capsule shells 30 constitute a pixel or subpixel.
  • the fluid U may be one or more dielectric liquids having high resistance and low viscosity, and may be transparent or colored by dyes and / or pigments.
  • the particles 100U and 100K dispersed in the fluid may be the particles described above with reference to FIGS. 1A to 3B.
  • Particles 100C and 100K may have a size of several hundred microns to sub-micron level.
  • the particles in order to have a suitable electrophoretic mobility, the particles have a size in the range of 0.01 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m, more preferably in the range of 0.05 ⁇ m to 30 ⁇ m.
  • the illustrated embodiment shows a two particle system, ie cavity (V). It illustrates an apparatus in which two types of particles 100C and 100K are dispersed in which color and electrophoretic mobility are different.
  • the first particles 100C of the particles may have any one of red, green, and blue colors, and the other second particles 100K may be white and black. It may have either.
  • the electrophoretic display device may implement multi-color by a CMY color system, in which case the first particles 100C have a cyan, magenta and yellow color, respectively, and the second particles ( 100K) may have either white or black.
  • the configuration of such particles is exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the particles dispersed in the fluid U may be a single particle system composed of a single type of particles having the same color and electrophoretic mobility, or may be a multi particle system composed of three or more kinds of particles. Alternatively, two kinds of color particles may be dispersed in the cavity.
  • the electrophoretic apparatus 100 includes electrodes 10 and 20 for driving the particles. These electrodes may be the upper electrode 10 and the lower electrode 20 respectively formed on substrates (not shown) facing each other. At least one of these electrodes 10, 20, for example, upper electrode 10 may be, for example, indium-tin-oxide (ITO), fluorinated tin oxide (FTO), or the like. ), A transparent metal oxide such as indium oxide (IO) and tin oxide (SnO 2 ), a transparent conductive resin such as polyacetylene, or a conductive resin containing conductive metal fine particles or It may be a transparent electrode formed by a combination of these. In other embodiments, the electrodes may have an in-plane configuration or a combination of opposing and in-plane electrodes.
  • ITO indium-tin-oxide
  • FTO fluorinated tin oxide
  • a transparent metal oxide such as indium oxide (IO) and tin oxide (SnO 2 )
  • a transparent conductive resin such as poly
  • the first particles 100C of the particles are red particles, charged with +, the second particles 100K are black particles, and have a polarity.
  • the red particles 100C move toward the upper electrode 10 as shown in the figure, and red information is displayed to the observer SP.
  • a lower potential is applied to the lower electrode 20 than the upper electrode 10 and the electric field is inverted, the distribution of particles is reversed, and black information is displayed to the viewer.
  • the color by the first particles 100C which are color particles having a controlled refractive index in relation to the fluid U, can be further improved in terms of color reproduction and brightness.
  • the second particles 100K which are black particles having a controlled refractive index in relation to the fluid U, blackness may be increased to improve contrast.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a portion of a pixel of an electrophoretic display apparatus 2000 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the cavities V1, V2, V3 are defined by the partition 35, unlike the embodiment of FIG. 4.
  • the cavities V1, V2, V3 may be defined by other separating members such as microcup structures or microcapsule shells as is well known in the art.
  • the partition walls 35 are disposed between the first substrate 21 (which may be a lower substrate in this drawing) and the second substrate 22 (which may be the upper substrate in this drawing) facing each other, and the plurality of partition walls (
  • the cavities V1, V2, V3 between the substrates 21, 22 divided by 35 may be alone or in combination with other adjacent one or more cavities to form one subpixel or pixel.
  • At least one of these substrates 21, 22, for example, the upper substrate 22 on the observer SP side may be formed of a transparent material such as glass and transparent resin.
  • Particles 100R, 100G, 100B, 100K having refractive indices controlled by the method described above are dispersed in the fluid U filling the cavities V1, V2, V3.
  • Fluid U is liquid for wet actuation. Fluid U may be colored with dyes and / or pigments.
  • the electrodes 41, 42 for generating an electric field in the cavities V1, V2, V3 are configured to face each other so as to generate an electric field perpendicular to the main surfaces of the substrates 21, 22, as shown.
  • the electrodes 22 disposed on the lower substrate 21 are individual electrodes 42R, 42G, 42B that can be independently addressed for each pixel by a suitable switching element such as a transistor, and the electrodes on the upper substrate 22 ( 41 is a common electrode opposite the individual electrodes 42. At least one of these electrodes 41 and 42, for example, the common electrode, may be the above-mentioned transparent electrode.
  • the electrode configuration described above is exemplary, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, it may have a known in-plane configuration or a combination thereof.
  • Individual electrodes 42 may be driven by an active matrix comprising transistors 50 as switching elements.
  • transistors 50 as switching elements.
  • the particles 100R, 100G, 100B are red, green and blue colored particles, respectively, and the other particles 100K are black particles, in the particle distribution shown, the first and second cavities V1, V2.
  • the particles 100R and 100G generate the reflected light IR having a sufficient magnitude, and as a result, the red light IR and the green light having improved brightness and color reproducibility to the observer SP, respectively. (IG) will be delivered.
  • the third cavity V3 the absorption rate of the incident light I is increased and turned off by the black particles 100K, and the contrast of the display information is improved.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the image sheet 3000.
  • the electrophoretic display device 1000 After separately manufacturing the image sheet 3000 as shown, by using the adhesive layer 26 on the lower substrate on which the drive element is formed, the electrophoretic display device 1000 as shown in Figures 4 and 5 , 2000).
  • the image sheet 3000 comprises a plurality of cavities, for example microcapsules 30, in supporting substrates 23, 24 facing each other.
  • the illustrated embodiment represents a single particle system.
  • a separating member 36 such as a spacer or a partition, may be additionally arranged.
  • the substrate 24 facing the observer side of the supporting substrate may be a transparent substrate.
  • the release sheet 25 is removed and the adhesive layer 26 is exposed to bond the image sheet 3000 to a lower substrate (not shown) on which a driving element is formed.
  • the refractive index ratio of the particles to the fluid by controlling the refractive index ratio of the particles to the fluid appropriately, it is possible to improve the color reproducibility and brightness due to the color particles, in the case of black particles, electrophoresis that can improve the contrast A display device is provided. This advantage can be optimized in the case of resin particles, and an image sheet using the same can be produced.
  • the refractive index ratio may be easily controlled through the refractive index adjusting layer such as the resin layer.
  • the ratio of the refractive index can be easily controlled by providing the refractive index adjusting layer by the external method.

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La présente invention porte sur un dispositif d'affichage à électrophorèse, sur une feuille d'image et sur son procédé de fabrication. Le procédé pour fabriquer le dispositif d'affichage à électrophorèse selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention porte sur le procédé pour fabriquer le dispositif d'affichage à électrophorèse comprenant une pluralité de particules d'électrophorèse dispersées dans un fluide, et comprend l'étape d'ajustement d'un indice de réfraction d'au moins des particules partielles de la pluralité de particules d'électrophorèse, de sorte qu'un rapport de l'indice de réfraction n2 des particules partielles à l'indice de réfraction n1 du fluide soit de 0<n2/n1<1,3.
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