Development of Flexible Electrophoretic Electronic Paper by TOPPAN Printing
Demand for sturdy, thin and light weight display has certainly gaining in momentum, especially in the field of electronic paper, which according to Displaybank research its market growth will be some where around 6 billion dollars in 2017. With demands, come the challenge of manufacturing process, and the choice of materials in producing such display. The oxide semiconductor in recent years has attracted a lot of attention as an ideal candidate for the next generation semiconductor material due to its unique features of low process temperature, large area processability, high mobility, high stability, transparency and applicability for the printing process. Read more
Development of Industry’s First flexible Electronic Paper by Bridgestone
The new manufacturing technology can literally give the same flexibility to the E-paper as regular paper. Well, may be not yet but Bridgestone’s newly developed flexible E-paper take this idea few step closer to reality. The size of the device is 10.7 inch with a thickness of only 5.8mm. All parts of this super thin all flexible electronic paper device such as electronic paper, touch panel, circuit board are flexible. Read more
Brother’s Document viewer SV-100B
SV-100B which was unveiled by Brother Industries on 12th of this month is an information terminal with an Electronic Paper component based on EPD (Electronic Paper Display) Technology by E.INK Corporation of U.S where the EPD is enabled by electronic ink that carries a charge enabling it to be updated through electronics. Electronic ink is ideally suited for EPDs as it is a reflective technology which does not requires any front or backlight and it is viewable under various lighting conditions including direct sunlight and further it does not requires any power to maintain an image. Read more
Electro-chromic display Panel by Funai Electric
With an ever increasing world wide competition in a TV display Panel market any competitive edge could translate into market dominance in this area. Funai Electric Advance Applied Technology Research Institute Inc. is trying to do just that by unveiling its new display panel which company claims can be made with at the same thickness and flexibility of Newspaper. This is known as electronic paper. Read more
