Patent ID: 6980351

Claim:
An electrophoretic display comprising: a lower electrode located on an under layer; a lower electrode protection layer formed on the lower electrode; a plurality of microcapsules located on the lower electrode protection layer, the microcapsules being coated or encapsulated; at least one of a particle and a fluid included within each of the plurality of microcapsules and having a single color; a plurality of charged particles exist outside the plurality of microcapsules, the plurality of charged particles having a different visual color than the at least one of a particle and a fluid, operating in an electric field to one of move away from and move toward the lower electrode protection layer when the electric field is applied, and suspended in a dielectric fluid; and an upper electrode protection layer and an upper electrode located on the plurality of microcapsules in sequential order, wherein the at least one particle and the fluid included in the plurality of microcapsules do not move one of away from and move toward the lower electrode protection layer in an electric field when the electric field is applied between the lower electrode and the upper electrode.