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技术简介

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TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION

技术简介

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电泳式电子墨水(Electrophoretic Ink)

电泳式电子墨水(Electrophoretic Ink)技术通称为电子墨水(Electronic Ink)。将电子墨水涂布在一层塑料薄膜上,再贴覆上薄膜晶体管(TFT)电路,经由驱动IC控制,形成像素图形,创造了电子纸显示屏(Electronic Paper Displays, EPD),也常被习称为墨水屏、水墨屏等,具体而微地形容了这是一块用墨水、也像墨水制造出的屏幕。。


电子墨水使用的原料相似于印刷产业,但融合了化学、物理学、电子电路等领域的知识和技术,这种全新的材料:电子墨水得以问世。


电子纸与其他显示屏技术最大的不同在于,电子纸是反射式、双稳态的显示技术,所以视觉上看起来与传统纸张几乎没有分别,因此能创造护眼、节能的效益。

单色电子墨水系统

电子墨水由数百万个微胶囊(Microcapsules)所构成,微胶囊的大小约等同于人类头发的直径。每个微胶囊里含有电泳粒子悬浮于透明液体中,使用一种黑色电泳粒子的系统,创造出E Ink JustTint™


E Ink JustTint™利用较新的电压驱动方式,将黑色墨水移动至两侧,中间形成透明的通道,从上方看下来就是透明的。经由控制黑色墨水的分布,可以控制电子墨水薄膜从透明到不透明的通透度。


将E Ink JustTint™电子墨水薄膜贴覆至玻璃或塑料上,可以控制光的透射程度。

双色电子墨水原理 - E Ink Carta™

E Ink Carta™

每个微胶囊里含有电泳粒子──带负电荷的白色以及带正电荷的黑色粒子,悬浮于透明液体中。利用正负相吸的原理,当电场接通时,该区块对应的黑或白粒子会移动至微胶囊的顶端,使用者在该区块上,就能看见白色或黑色。


E Ink Carta™ films utilize this two particle system. 

三色电子墨水原理 – E Ink Spectra™ 3000

E Ink提供三色电子墨水系统E Ink Spectra™ 3000,特别适用于电子价签(Electronic Shelf Label, 简称ESL)应用。


三色电子墨水系统运作原理与双色系统类似,施加不同的电压,使不同颜色的粒子移动至上层,看见不同的颜色。三色系统在微杯技术(Microcup®)架构下开发而成。

四色电子墨水原理 – E Ink Spectra™ 3100

E Ink Spectra 3100四色电子墨水系统,利用黑色、白色、红色和黄色粒子,提供鲜艳饱和的四种色彩,能展现丰富多样的信息与内容。Spectra 3100缩短画面刷新速度,加大黄色和红色适用的温度范围区间,符合零售商店中多元应用环境的需求。


此外,E Ink Spectra 3100电子纸模组搭配最新的多合一驱动IC (all-in-one),可支持各种尺寸、优质、高分辨率的电子货架标签。

四色电子墨水系统 – E Ink Spectra™ 6

E Ink Spectra 6 采用E Ink Spectra 技术平台为基础,利用四种颜色粒子产生的六原色,强化颜色光谱(Color Spectrum) 及先进的彩色成像算法(Color Imaging Algorithm),达成全彩显示以增进商品广告和营销效果。

四色电子墨水原理 - E Ink Gallery™ & E Ink Prism™

先进彩色电子墨水技术平台Advanced Color ePaper (E Ink ACeP™)

2016年,E Ink发表了多色电子墨水系统,称为先进彩色电子纸显示器(Advanced Color ePaper, ACeP™)。ACeP™彩色电子纸透过带色的粒子,实现了全色域显示效果,不需要彩色滤光片;可在微胶囊(Microcapsule)或微杯(Microcup®)架构下执行。


ACeP™与双色或三色电子纸一样拥有优异的低耗电、类纸视觉、阳光下可视等特性。


E Ink GalleryE Ink Prism 3产品线即透过ACeP的四色电子墨水技术平台实现。

什么是电子纸?

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  • What is E Ink?

    E Ink is the creator of electronic ink — the optical component of a film used in Electronic Paper Displays. Although futuristic-sounding, electronic ink is actually a straightforward fusion of existing knowledge of chemistry, physics and electronics to create this new material. It's so much like paper, it actually utilizes the same pigments used in the printing industry today.

    While E Ink has several types of electronic ink, we became best known for our microcapsule technology. In this system, the electronic ink is made up of millions of tiny microcapsules, about the diameter of a human hair. Each microcapsule contains positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles suspended in a clear fluid. When a positive or negative electric field is applied, corresponding particles move to the top of the microcapsule where they become visible to the user. This makes the surface appear white or black at that spot.

  • Does E Ink have a color product or is it only monochrome?

    E Ink has several color products available.

    E Ink also offers a three to five color product called E Ink Spectra, which is optimized for electronic shelf labels and point-of-purchase sale applications.

    In addition, E Ink offers a one-color product called E Ink Prism, which is optimized for the Architecture market.

    For full color, we have E Ink Gallery; and E Ink Kaleido in 4096 colors.

  • How long does it take to update an image on an E Ink Matrix display?

    An E Ink display module supports numerous modes for updating the display. Different modes exist to support the different update requirements. Update times can be as short as 120 ms. for the entire display. However, because E Ink screens are bi-stable, only the regions of the screen that are changing require updating. Any pixels that are not changing do not require updating.

  • Can an E Ink Matrix display support animation or video rates?

    Using the faster update modes, E Ink screens can support animation quality video rates. A number of examples are available from customers that show examples of E Ink screens showing video. However, constant updates reduce the power efficiency of our ink systems. Current production modules do not support video rate updates.