World's first tablet-size flexible electronic paper

The E Ink Corporation and LG.Philips LCD have built a 10.1" flexible electronic paper display, the first tablet-size flexible electronic paper ever made. This could be what people read their newspapers on in the future.

The paper-white display is as thin and flexible as construction paper and less than 300 microns thick.

"E Ink Imaging Film is a novel display material that looks like printed ink on paper and has been designed for use in paper-like electronic displays," the announcement says. "Like paper, the material can be flexed and rolled. As an additional benefit, the E Ink Imaging Film uses 100 times less energy than a liquid crystal display because it can hold an image without power and without a backlight. "

With a 10.1" diagonal, the prototype achieves SVGA (600x800) resolution at 100 pixels per inch and has a 10:1 contrast ratio with 4 levels of grayscale.

LG.Philips LCD and E Ink selected a steel foil material that could be supplied by Sumitomo Corporation in high volume and which was developed by Nippon Steel Corporation. The flexible foil is a super-thin, extremely flat, high-performance steel that can easily withstand the high temperatures of a TFT production process.

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