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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Anthony Cyril Lowe, Braishfield, GB;
Inventor:
Anthony Cyril Lowe, Braishfield, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A combination of a relatively low backscatter diffuser with a specularly reflective or weakly scattering transducer to achieve the required front of screen properties for a paper-like display. The diffuser, which may be of the volume or surface relief type, in enclosed in the display cell. The transducer may be any one of several electro-optically active materials such as a liquid crystal, electrochromic or electrophoretic types.