Patent ID: 9632336
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G02F,H01L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for resizing an electronic display, the display comprising a front plate, a back plate, a perimeter seal spacing the front and back plates apart, and image-generating medium contained m an area between the front and back plates and within the borders of the perimeter seal, the method comprising: identifying a cut line along each of the front and back plates to identify a target portion and an excess portion of the display; causing the display to separate along the cut lines to separate the target and excess portions of the display, thereby creating an exposed edge along the target portion communicating with the area between the plates of the target portion; pressing the plates of the target portion towards one another to space the plates apart by a predetermined cell gap; applying adhesive along the exposed edge; and removing electrical shorts from electrodes at the exposed edge causing a partial image failure of the target portion, wherein removing electrical shorts comprises: applying a mechanical force to a short circuit on the exposed edge m a manner sufficient to open the short circuit; and applying an additional force to the opened short circuit, the additional force being selected from the group consisting of an electrical force, a chemical force, and a thermal force.