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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2003
Bokke Johannes Feenstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Eindhoven, NL;
Sjoerd Stallinga, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Rudolph Maria Snoeren, Eindhoven, NL;
Bokke Johannes Feenstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Eindhoven, NL;
Sjoerd Stallinga, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Rudolph Maria Snoeren, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A variable focus lens comprising a first fluid (A) and a second, non-miscible, fluid (B) in contact over a meniscus. A first electrode () separated from the fluid bodies by a fluid contact layer (), and a second electrode () in contact with the first fluid to cause an electrowetting effect whereby the shape of the meniscus is altered. The fluid contact layer has a substantially cylindrical inner wall.