Patent ID: 6724519
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A display comprising:(a) an electrophoretic display element capable of changing its appearance in response to an electric field; and (b) an electrode adjacent said display element, said electrode comprising a protective layer adapted to prevent mechanical or electrochemical damage to said display element, wherein said electrophoretic display element comprises: (i) a capsule; (ii) a dispersing fluid having a first optical property disposed within said capsule; and (iii) at least one electrophoretically-mobile particle disposed within said capsule, said at least one electrophoretically-mobile particle having a second optical property different from said first optical property, said at least one electrophoretically-mobile particle adapted to change position within said capsule under the influence of an applied electric field, thereby changing the optical properties of said display element.