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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jerry Chung, Mountain View, CA (US);

David Chen, Buena Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

SIPIX Imaging, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/600 ;
Abstract

An electrophoretic display having at least one holding electrode is disclosed. The display comprises a plurality of electrophoretic cells filled with charged particles dispersed in a dielectric solvent. Each said cell is positioned between a top electrode layer and a bottom electrode layer. The top electrode layer comprises at least one driving electrode positioned over more than one cell. The bottom electrode layer comprises at least one driving electrode positioned under more than one cell. The display further comprises a holding electrode located in the bottom electrode layer. The display may further comprise a colored background located under and visible through the bottom electrode layer.


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