Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device based on electrowetting effect
- Patent Title (中): 基于电润湿效果的电子设备
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Application No.: US12438742Application Date: 2007-08-29
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Publication No.: US08111447B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Peter Douglas Fairly , Steven Charles Deane , Carl Glasse
- Applicant: Peter Douglas Fairly , Steven Charles Deane , Carl Glasse
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Samsung LCD Netherlands R&D Center B.V.
- Current Assignee: Samsung LCD Netherlands R&D Center B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: H.C. Park & Associates, PLC
- Priority: EP06119905 20060831
- International Application: PCT/IB2007/053482 WO 20070829
- International Announcement: WO2008/026179 WO 20080306
- Main IPC: G02B26/00
- IPC: G02B26/00

Abstract:
An electronic device comprises an array of electro wetting cells, each cell comprising first and second liquids (14,18) which are immiscible in each other. An electrode arrangement (60a,60b) is used to control the position of the interface between the first and second liquids, and comprises a first electrode and a second electrode. Each cell comprises a first switching device (64a) for applying a cell drive voltage to the first electrode (60a), and a second switching device (64b) for simultaneously applying the same cell drive voltage to the second electrode (60b). The cell circuit can be produced without requiring any additional control lines to those required for a single electrode and associated switching device, but the use of two switching devices enables the ultimate signal applied to each electrode to be different as a result of different capacitive effects. This then enables control over the way the liquid interface moves in response to control voltages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090316253A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON ELECTROWETTING EFFECT Public/Granted day:2009-12-24
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