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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
May. 01, 2007
Alexi C. Arango, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph M. Jacobson, Newton Centre, MA (US);
Karl R. Amundson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexi C. Arango, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph M. Jacobson, Newton Centre, MA (US);
Karl R. Amundson, Cambridge, MA (US);
E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of particle suspended within the suspending fluid; and means for applying to the fluid an electric field effect effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles to the side wall of the cavity.