Electrowetting cell with stepped lateral wall electrodes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10268036
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15842072

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A system comprises a driver and an electrowetting cell controlled by the driver that includes a substrate that includes a well filled with at least two non-mixing media. The well has lateral walls and a stepped control channel electrode matrix including multiple stepped control channel electrode arrays. The lateral walls can collectively form a continuous perimeter around the well (e.g., circle shaped). Each stepped control channel electrode array includes a number of stepped control channel electrodes formed at different longitudinal levels along a respective lateral wall. Each stepped control channel electrode is independently controllable to control a shape of the at least two non-mixing media via an electric field. Each lateral wall encloses the at least two non-mixing media inside the well.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lyons, Steve Herndon, US 12 249
Mao, An Jersey City, US 32 175
Phipps, James Michael Fairfax, US 8 27
Reilly, John M Leesburg, US 16 63
Schultz, Alexander Jacob Sterling, US 9 14

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