Study on The Principle of Controlling Rewritability for Joule Heating by Electrode Type Wax-based Electrophoretic Media

Abstract

The wax-based electrophoretic rewritable media has been studied due to the expectation of good preservation property. In the previously proposed methods, external heating mechanism is required to melt the wax-based media. In this proposed method, joule heating by current flow at the lower electrode is used to melt the wax as an alternative heating method. It is confirmed that rewritability is possible by this method. Thermal characteristics of this proposed display is discussed.