Patent ID: 7301524

Claim:
An electrophoretic display, comprising: a first substrate comprising a first electrode; a second substrate comprising a second electrode arranged in parallel with said first electrode, at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate being provided with holes; and microcapsules each containing a dispersion comprising a liquid phase dispersion medium and electrophoretic particles, arranged in a single layer between said first and second electrodes so as to contact each electrode, and deformed in a flat shape along said first electrode at least at said first electrode side; and binder filled in a gap between adjoining microcapsules and contacted with the first and second electrodes; wherein the microcapsules are formed in a flat shape along said second electrode at said second electrode side, a first length of the microcapsules in a first direction being shorter than a second length of the microcapsules in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the binder closing the holes in the at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate.