Electrophoretic display device with photo detecting input

• Main Authors: HWANG, NAEJYE, CHANG, YANG-HUI, LIAW, SHEN-TAI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.03.2014
• Subjects: 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; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

An electrophoretic display device includes a photosensitive transistor in a thin-film-transistor layer that may be used to receive an optical signal as input control signal. The thin-film-transistor layer also includes an electrical switch element for driving an electrophoretic layer to display content. A switching transistor may also be included in the thin-film-transistor layer for selectively turning on the photosensitive transistor. By incorporating the photosensitive transistor and the switching transistor into the existing thin-film-transistor layer of an active matrix electrophoretic display device, optical sensing touch control is made applicable in the electrophoretic display device without compromising its advantageous light, flexible, thin features.