Patent ID: 6987503

Claim:
An electrophoretic display comprising: a plurality of pixel electrodes that are provided independently with respect to pixels uniformly arranged above a display surface; an active-matrix array of switching elements comprised of thin-film transistors that are respectively connected with the pixel electrodes; a substrate having a common electrode that covers an entire area corresponding to the display surface; and an electrophoretic ink layer in which a plurality of charged pigment particles are contained and dispersed in a solution; wherein the common electrode and the pixel electrodes are respectively driven at different electric potentials causing electric fields by which the charged pigment particles move in desired directions to form a desired display content emerging above the display surface in response to display data, which is rewritten in such a manner that the display content is erased at once from the entire area corresponding to the display surface such that a prescribed voltage is applied between the common electrode and the pixel electrodes while all the pixel electrodes are set to a same electric potential and is then rewritten with a new one.