Development of Fast Moving Ball Actuator Mode for Novel Electronic-Paper Displays

  • Park, Hyo-Joo (Dept. of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University) ;
  • Choi, Hong (Dept. of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Hyuck (Dept. of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Woo (Dept. of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University) ;
  • Bae, Byung-Sung (Dept. of Digital Display, Hoseo University) ;
  • Kim, We-Yong (Korea DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO. LTD. Electronic Materials Business Division) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Uk (Korea DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO. LTD. Electronic Materials Business Division) ;
  • Hong, Mun-Pyo (Dept. of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University)
  • Published : 2009.10.12

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the basic operating mechanism of our novel reflective display, Fast Moving Ball Actuator (FMBA) mode[1], using micro-sized metal coated polymer ball in fluid medium. Metal surface of the ball can be charged up by contact electrode and their locations can be controlled by applied field to obtain optically on and off state. In the medium with high viscosity, the response speed of the moving ball might be reached into their terminal velocity and changed in proportion to the frequency of applied voltage on the electrodes.

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