Driving methods for variable transmission electro-phoretic media

    公开(公告)号:US11143930B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16446845

    申请日:2019-06-20

    申请人: E Ink Corporation

    IPC分类号: G02F1/1685 G02F1/167

    摘要: A method of driving a variable transmission film is provided and a variable transmission device including the film and a controller configured to drive the film. The film may include a layer of electrophoretic material and at least one electrode, the electrophoretic material including a fluid containing a plurality of charged particles capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field by the at least one electrode. The method may include applying a first voltage waveform to the film at an initial optical state and applying a second voltage waveform having a lower frequency and shorter pulse duration than the first voltage waveform to switch the film to a final optical state, wherein the film has a higher percent transmission at the initial optical state than the final optical state.

    Passive thermally driven variable opacity materials

    公开(公告)号:US11028319B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16222424

    申请日:2018-12-17

    申请人: E Ink Corporation

    IPC分类号: C09K9/02 G02F1/01

    摘要: A variable opacity material is provided that may be in the form of a mixture, such as an emulsion that contains a discontinuous aqueous polymeric solution having an LCST of 0 to 100° C. and a continuous phase containing a hydrophobic polymer, such as a polysiloxane. One or more salts, such as lithium bromide and sodium chloride, may be added to the aqueous solution to lower the LCST of the aqueous solution and to raise the refractive index of the aqueous polymeric solution to substantially match the refractive index of the hydrophobic polymer. The variable opacity materials may be applied in the form of a film to various substrates, such as glass.