Speaker: Robert Sprague, Sr. VP of RD&E, SiPix Technology Inc.
Title: Advances in Microcup Electrophoretic Displays
Abstract: SiPix is developing high quality microcup electrophoretic displays for ebooks and other applications such as retail signage, credit card, and indicator displays. Such applications utilize the high reflectivity and bistability of this media to enable new levels of performance in readability and battery life. This presentation will discuss the current status of the technology and describe the challenges in meeting performance requirements for such displays in black and white and color. These challenges exist in materials design of particles and fluids for electrophoretic dispersions, microcup embossing and sealing fluids, adhesive layers, and color dyes, all of which need to be optimized to meet a wide range of performance requirements.
Speaker Background: Dr. Sprague is the Senior VP of Research Development, and Engineering at SiPix Imaging, Inc. and is well known as the CTO and founder of Gyricon LLC, one of the first companies to commercialize electronic paper. Dr. Sprague spent 25 years at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), were he was Associate Director and Lab Manager. He holds over 70 patents, is a Fellow and past president of SPIE and a fellow of OSA. Dr. Sprague has a Ph.D. and B.S. in optics from the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester.
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