Patent ID: 8228290

Claim:
An electrophoretic display device, comprising an array of rows and columns of display pixels, wherein each of the pixels comprises first and second row electrodes and first and second column electrodes, wherein the first column electrode has a first portion extending in a first direction, and a first branch extending from the first portion in a second direction different from the first direction and overlapping with the first row electrode, the first row electrode has a second portion extending in the second direction, and a second branch extending from the second portion in the first direction and overlapping with the second column electrode, the second column electrode has a third portion extending in the first direction, and a third branch extending from the third portion in the second direction and overlapping with the second row electrode, and the second row electrode has a fourth portion extending in the second direction, and a fourth branch extending from the fourth portion in the first direction and overlapping with the first column electrode, and wherein between each of the four branch/electrode overlaps, a respective particle reservoir is located, the respective branch/electrode pair being for controlling movement of particles associated with the respective particle reservoir.