Electrophoretic Display Controller Integrated With Real-Time Halftoning and Partial Region Update

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-44

  Kao, Wen Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bistable display driver; driving waveform; electronic paper (E Paper); electrophoretic display (EPD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008014188     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: 15589323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2009.2030774     Document Type: Article

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