Ricoh is preparing a new brighter displays based on electronic paper

Ricoh Company announced that it is working on new technology, creating an electronic paper (e-paper). Now the market is already quite a lot of devices based on electronic paper, which are mainly used for reading and viewing documents. Many of these devices also have the functions of a music player and can connect to the internet. Expected soon release a few more similar products, some of them will have a sensory and / or color display. The advantage of e-paper is a low power consumption.


Ricoh, in turn, said that its new displays are based on the electronic paper will be colored. In addition, they will be 50% brighter than existing solutions. Unlike the previous generation color displays, built on technology of e-paper and using the substrate with a red, green and blue, the new displays Ricoh have a different structure. Under the influence of electricity appear blue (cyan), magenta (magenta), or yellow. Due to the molecular structure, the color remains even when the power supply. Layers of different colors are not separated by glass, a special transparent insulating material. In general, according to Ricoh, the panel is more light and bright. However, the commercial release of new e-paper displays are not scheduled so quickly: in the next five years.