E Ink

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]

  1. ^ Klein, Alec. "A New Printing Technology Sets Off a High-Stakes Race". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  2. ^ Carmody, Tim (November 9, 2010). "How E Ink's Triton Color Displays Work, In E-Readers and Beyond". Wired. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "ePaper phones". www.e-ink-info.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-09.