E-Paper Displays

An in-depth introduction to a promising technology, curated by one of its pioneering inventors

Electronic paper (e-paper) has one of the most promising futures in technology. E-paper’s potential is unlimited, as the displays require extremely low power and imitate the aesthetic of ink on the page. This allows e-paper devices to have a wider range of viewing angles than traditional LED products and are capable of being viewed in direct sunlight—and without any additional power. As a result, e-paper displays create less eye strain, have a greater flexibility in their use, and have the potential to be used in place of paper for billboard advertising, educational applications, and transport signage, and more.

In E-Paper Displays, editor Bo-Ru Yang and his team of experts present a detailed view into the important technologies involved in e-paper displays, with a particlular emphasis on how this technology’s unique properties make possible a wide range of personal and professional electronic products. As climate change makes efficient energy use more important than ever, e-paper can become an essential tool for future products on a large scale. As we rely more and more on technology, having lightweight devices with long battery life will become critical. This book provides engineers and innovators with an introduction to this important technology and shows new pathways for development.

E-Paper Displays readers will also find:

• The editor is one of the leading pioneers in this technology
• Contributions from an international team of experts in e-paper technology
• Descriptions of many advanced display types that rely on different principles than the widely used LCD and OLED types
• Another innovative title from Wiley-SID (Society for Information Displays) series

As we enter a new stage in our industrial development, E-Paper Displays is an essential reference for computer engineers and developers, as well as innovators and scientists, and their students.

Bo-Ru Yang, PhD, is a Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University. He is one of the pioneering inventors of full-color e-paper, holding close to 40 patents for materials, devices, driving schemes, and fabrication. He also serves as the Society for Information Display e-paper and flexible display committee chair.

List of Contributors

Foreword

Chapter 1 The rise, and fall, and rise of electronic paper

Chapter 2 Fundamental mechanisms of electrophoretic displays

Chapter 3 Driving Waveforms and Image Processing for Electrophoretic Displays

Chapter 4 Fast-Switching Mode with Clearink Structure

Chapter 5 Bistable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays – Review and Writing Tablets

Chapter 6 The Zenithal Bistable Display: A Grating Aligned Bistable Nematic Liquid Crystal Device

Chapter 7 Reflective LCD with Memory in Pixel Structure

Chapter 8 Optically Rewritable Liquid Crystal Display

Chapter 9 Electrowetting Displays

Chapter 10 Electrochromic display

Chapter 11 Phase Change Material Displays

Chapter 12 Optical Measurements for E-Paper Displays

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