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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Nuclera Ltd, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
David Zhitomirsky, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nuclera LTD, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/005 (2013.01); H01L 27/1214 (2013.01);
Abstract
An active matrix electrowetting on dielectric (AM-EWoD) device including a substrate with thin-film transistors (TFT), a dielectric layer, and a spatially variable wettability layer covering the dielectric layer. As depicted herein, the spatially variable wettability layer may include a plurality of portions having different contact angles, one or more contact angle gradients, or both.