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Optical teardown of a Kindle Paperwhite display by OCT — mentioned by OptCohTomo

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:36:57 GMT

A little off topic, but on the subject of E-Ink, here is an analysis of a Kindle display with optical coherence tomography images: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.05174

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Optical teardown of a Kindle Paperwhite display by OCT — mentioned by OptCohTomo

Tue, 14 May 2024 22:23:33 GMT

"Optical teardown of a Kindle Paperwhite display by OCT": https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.05174 OCT = Optical Coherence Tomography This paper shows what is going on inside the display.

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Optical teardown of a Kindle Paperwhite display by OCT — mentioned by tzs

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:12:56 GMT

The light on the Kindle does not come from behind the text. The lightguide is in front of the text. It directs the light from the edge LEDs down, where it reflects off the text and back up through the lightguide out to your eyes. Here is a detailed tear down of the Kindle optical system: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.05174

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