COMPONENTS AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND TESTING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS

• Main Authors: KNAIAN, ARA N, O'NEIL, STEVEN J, DANNER, GUY M, ZEHNER, ROBERT W, LECAIN, RICHARD D, DUTHALER, GREGG M, CHAN, RANDOLPH W, GOENAGA, ALBERTO, DAVIS, BENJAMIN MAX, ALBERT, JONATHAN D, CROSSLEY, GLEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.10.2016
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER; MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN AMANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SEALS; SIGNS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER

A front plane laminate (200) useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays and comprising, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer (14), a layer (16) of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer (14), an adhesive layer (26) and a release sheet (28). A connection area (202) is formed wherein the electrically-conductive layer (14) is exposed free from the electro-optic medium (16) and the adhesive layer (26). This void connection area (202) is intended to be filled with a conductive via (204) serving to electrically connect the electrically-conductive layer (14) of the front plane laminate to a respective contact pad on a backplane to which the front plane laminate (200) will be adhered via the adhesive layer (26).