Seminar

On
E-Paper Technology
Presented By
18W91A0433
CH.UHA
Contents
Introduction

What is E-Paper?

Construction of E-Paper

Working

Properties

Advantages

Disadvantages

Applications

Conclusion
Introduction:

The first E-Paper was developed in 1974’s by “Nicholas K

Sheridon” at Xerox’s Palo Research Centre.

E-Paper is also called Electronic Paper or Electronic ink Display.

It is a display unit.

E-Paper is flexible.

E-paper have a wide viewing angle.

A digital pen is also used to create handwritten document.

WHAT IS E-PAPER?
E-Paper is an electronic ink display unit.

It reflect light like ordinary paper.

It is capable of holding text and images.

It is portable and reusable .

A wider viewing angle.

Storage and display medium that looks like paper and can be
repeatedly one thousand of times.
CONSTUCTION OF E-PAPER
It has two different parts , namely.
• Front Plane
• Back Plane

The front plane consists of E-link.

The back plane consists of electronic circuits.

To from an E-ink electronic display the ink is printed onto

a plastic firm that is laminated to a layer of circuitry.
WORKING:
GYRICON

It was the first electronic paper and was developed in

1970’s.

Consists of polyethylene spheres having diameter

between 75-106 micrometers.

 Each sphere is a janus particle composed of negatively

charged black plastic on one side and positively charged
white plastic on the other.

These spheres are embedded in transparent silicone

made sheet.
 This method has some limitations.

1. Low brightness and resolution

2. Lack of color.

Other form of E-link with improve property compared to

Gyricon is Electrophorestic.
The spheres of the Gyricon display are trapped in the oil-filled
cavities of an elastomer. Positioning them with a positive or
negative voltage puts them into the reflecting.
Electrophoretic display:
The electronic ink display from E ink is based on encapsulated
electrophoretics.

Electrophorestic frontplane consists of millions of microcapsules.

Each micro capsule is filled with a clear fluid containing

positively charged white particle and black particle.
HOW ELECTRONIC INK WORKS:
Basically , this form of e-papers is created by sandwiching
millions of tiny plastic wells between two sheets of
flexible plastic.

Each well contain both white and black particles ,

suspended within a clear fluid.

In this way , the face-up side of each well can be set to

appear either as black or white as seen through the top
layer of clear plastic.
PROPERTIES:
Ultra-thin and flexible energy cell.

It can be made into almost any shape.

Low cost and simple to produce.

Eliminates the cost of the battery , weight and volume

of the battery holder.
Advantages:
Reduced Eye Strain.

Low Power Consumption.

Paper-like readability.

Viewing angle ~180 degree.

Include Graphics

Inexpensive
Disadvantages:
Full color implementation- not yet.

Problems in extremes Temperature,humidity.

Very low switching speed.

Slow response to change.

Too slow for video.

Applications
Electronic Book.

Electronic Newspaper.

Mobile display.

Computer monitor.
Conclusion
Researches found that in just few years this technology can
replace paper in many situations, leading us to think of a truly
paperless world.
Thank You