Manufacturing method for an electrowetting device
AssigneesLiquavista B.V., Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
InventorsIvar Schram, Akira Nakasuga, Bokke Johannes Feenstra
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Abstract
A method of providing a layer of a first fluid and a layer of a second fluid on a first area of a support plate of an electrowetting device includes providing an emulsion of dispersed first fluid and continuous second fluid, the emulsion including an amount of the second fluid for forming the layer of the second fluid.
Claims25
A method of providing a layer of a first fluid and a layer of a second fluid on a first area of a support plate of an electrowetting device, the first fluid and the second fluid being immiscible and the first area having a higher wettability for the first fluid than for the second fluid, the method comprising:
- providing an emulsion of the first fluid and the second fluid, the emulsion including an amount of the second fluid for forming the layer of the second fluid;
- the emulsion contacting the first area;
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- the first fluid of the emulsion coalescing to form the layer of the first fluid on the first area.
An electrowetting device including a support plate having a first area with a layer of a first fluid and a layer of a second fluid thereon, the first area having a higher wettability for the first fluid than for the second fluid, the layer of the first fluid and the layer of the second fluid having being formed from an emulsion including the first fluid and the second fluid, the emulsion having contacted the first area and the first fluid of the emulsion having coalesced to form the layer of the first fluid on the first area.
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