Electronic handwriting screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9759977-B2
Application number	US-201213701651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2012
Priority date	Aug 3, 2011
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

The embodiments of present invention disclose an electronic handwriting screen and relate to the field of electrophoretic display techniques. In the embodiment of present invention, because insulation spacing elements are provided between the electrophonic display functional film and the bottom electrode, when an appropriate voltage is applied between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, the top electrode is pressed so as to make the electrophonic display functional film contact with the bottom electrode, which shortens the distance between the top electrode and the bottom electrode and further increases the electric field force acting on the charged colorant particles; as a result, electrophoresis effect occurs in the electrophoresis liquid so that patterns are displayed or erased at the pressing location, and handwriting function is thereby realized without a touch screen, reducing the manufacturing costs for an electronic handwriting screen.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic handwriting screen, comprising: a top electrode, an electrophoretic display functional film, a semiconductor film and a bottom electrode, that are provided from top down, the electrophoretic display functional film being arranged between the top electrode and the semiconductor film,
wherein the semiconductor film and the bottom electrode are provided with insulation spacing elements therebetween, and the insulation spacing elements are provided on the bottom electrode to protrude upward and support the semiconductor film thereon and configured to create a gap between the semiconductor film and the bottom electrode, and the gap is variable in thickness by movement of the semiconductor film between the top electrode and the bottom electrode in response to force application to the top electrode, the electrophoretic display functional film and the semiconductor film.

2. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the gap is from 20 μm to 500 μm.

3. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor film has a thickness less than 200 μm and resistivity greater than 1000 ohms·cm.

4. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein the gap is provided with conductive structures therein, and a height of the conductive structure is less than that of the gap by at least 3 μm.

5. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 4 , wherein the conductive structure is made of a metal material, or the conductive structure is a structure coated with a conductor material on the surface thereof.

6. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation spacing elements are any one of ball spacer, pad spacer, post spacer, or porous membrane, and the insulation spacing elements have resilience.

7. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode is any one of flexible conductive substrate or metal sheet.

8. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the sum of the maximum cross-section area of all the insulation spacing elements to an area of the electrophoretic display functional film is less than 50%.

9. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein the gap is filled with an insulating liquid therein.

10. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode is configured by a plurality of strip electrodes arranged in a side-by-side manner.

11. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 10 , wherein the strip electrode assume a wave-like shape.

12. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 10 , wherein the strip electrode has a strip width of 200 μm, and has a spacing to adjacent strip electrode of 15 μm.

13. The electronic handwriting screen according to claim 11 , wherein the strip electrode has a strip width of 200 μm, and has a spacing to adjacent strip electrode of 15 μm.

14. An electronic handwriting screen device, composing:
an electronic handwriting screen according to claim 1 ;
a voltage inversing circuit; and
a power source input terminal, supplying power to the electronic handwriting screen through the voltage inversing circuit;
wherein the voltage inversing circuit is used for inversing the voltage supplied from the power source input terminal to the electronic handwriting screen, so as to apply a forward voltage or a reverse voltage between the top electrode and the bottom electrode of the electronic handwriting screen.

15. An electronic handwriting screen, comprising: a top electrode, an electrophoretic display functional film and a bottom electrode, the electrophoretic display functional film being arranged between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, wherein the electrophoretic display functional film and the bottom electrode are provided with insulation spacing elements therebetween, and the insulation spacing elements are provided on the bottom electrode to protrude upward and to directly contact and support the electrophoretic display functional film thereon and configured to create a gap between the electrophoretic display functional film and the bottom electrode, and the gap is variable in thickness by movement of the electrophoretic display functional film between the top electrode and the bottom electrode in response to force application to the electrophoretic display functional film.

Assignees

• Zhang Zhuo
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Zhuo

Classifications

• G06F3/045

  using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact · CPC title

• G02F1/167 Primary

  by electrophoresis · CPC title

• G06F3/041 Primary

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G02F1/1679

  Gaskets; Spacers; Sealing of cells; Filling or closing of cells · CPC title