Electronic paper manufactured by E Ink Corporation
This article is about the brand of digital paper display technology. For electronic-ink in general, see
Electronic paper.
Scheme of the
E Ink technology
Legend | Item |
1 | Upper layer |
2 | Transparent electrode layer |
3 | Transparent micro-capsules |
4 | Positively charged white pigments |
5 | Negatively charged black pigments |
6 | Transparent oil |
7 | Electrode pixel layer |
8 | Bottom supporting layer |
9 | Light |
10 | White |
11 | Black |
E Ink Screen updating, slowed to 25% of real time
E Ink (electronic ink) is a brand of electronic paper (e-paper) display technology commercialized by the E Ink Corporation, which was co-founded in 1997 by MIT undergraduates JD Albert and Barrett Comiskey, MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Jacobson, Jerome Rubin and Russ Wilcox.[1]
It is available in grayscale and color[2] and is used in mobile devices such as e-readers, digital signage, smartwatches, mobile phones, electronic shelf labels and architecture panels.[3]