An interview is pretty fresh of Maria Vetrano of SEMI (global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain) to Sri Peruvemba, CMO of CLEARink.
Here is an abridgement of the most salient statements:
[C]olor and video [...are] now possible through electrophoretic total internal reflection (eTIR [or] "ePaper 2.0") – a low-power technology that allows devices to work for days instead of hours.
eTIR [...] uses the charged particles in a fluid to modulate the total internal reflected light from the optical structures incorporated into its novel reflector film.
[...] Implementation is pretty much the same as with the LCD or OLED displays currently in use. The interfaces, connections and form factors remain form-, fit-, function-compatible. Only the software/waveforms and drive voltages will change/reduce. This allows the manufacture of our tech., ePaper 2.0, on the old LCD lines that are already in use. You can literally go back and forth between ePaper 2.0 and LCD on a day-to-day basis.
[...] Success requires developing the ecosystem of subcomponent suppliers and peripheral technology providers (like touch and front lights). Partnering with the display fabs that can mass-produce your technology is another important step.
With most emerging technologies, the pursuit of the right customer is the bigger challenge, but for us it has been getting the product into production. Fortunately, we already have customers that have invested in the company and have committed to product volume, so they get early access to our technology.
Now just months away from deploying our eTIR technology as ePaper 2.0, we welcome partnership inquiries as we seek to implement eTIR across a range of previously unserved and underserved display markets.
The interview is linked to a forthcoming presentation of Sri Peruvemba, "ePaper 2.0 — Creating New Markets", at FLEX/MSTC on Tuesday, February 19 at 2:45 pm.
The original source:
https://electroiq.com/2019/02/epaper...ctronic-paper/