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US 10,120,183 B2Granted
Display device
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBokke Johannes Feenstra, Robert Andrew Hayes, Ivo Godfried Jozef Camps
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Abstract
A display device or optical switch, based on layer break up or layer displacement having at least two different states, in which one fluid, e.g., oil, in a first state adjoins at least a first support plate, and in a second state another fluid at least partly adjoins the first support plate. Sub-picture elements are separated by areas having a hydrophilic surface.
Claims17
An electrowetting display comprising:
- a first support plate and a second support plate;
- a pixel comprising:
- a first fluid and a second fluid between the first support plate and the second support plate, wherein the first fluid is substantially immiscible with the second fluid;
- a first sub-pixel comprising:
- a first electrode overlapping a first portion of the first support plate, for application of a first voltage between the first electrode and the second fluid:
- a second sub-pixel comprising:
- a second electrode overlapping a second portion of the first support plate, for application of a second voltage between the second electrode and the second fluid, the second electrode not overlapping the first electrode;
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- a barrier located at least partly between the first and second sub-pixels,
- wherein the pixel is switchable from a first state to a second state such that:
- in the first state, the first fluid comprises two volumes in response to application of the first voltage and application of the second voltage, wherein a first volume of the two volumes is located within the first sub-pixel and a second volume of the two volumes is located within the second sub-pixel, the first volume and the second volume of the first fluid each having the same color, and
- in the second state, one of (i) the first volume of the two volumes or (ii) the second volume of the two volumes has moved across the barrier in response to an increase in magnitude of one of the first voltage or the second voltage.
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