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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Stein Kuiper, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerjan Franciscus Arthur Van DE Walle, Eindhoven, NL;
Edwin Maria Wolterink, Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Jozef Willem Mertens, Eindhoven, NL;
Bokke Johannes Feenstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Stein Kuiper, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerjan Franciscus Arthur Van De Walle, Eindhoven, NL;
Edwin Maria Wolterink, Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Jozef Willem Mertens, Eindhoven, NL;
Bokke Johannes Feenstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Apparatus for providing a fluid meniscus with variable configurations by means of electrowetting. A fluid chamber () holds two different fluids (A, B) separated by a meniscus () of which the edge, having different sides, is constrained by the fluid chamber. A first electrowetting electrode () is arranged to act on a first side of the meniscus edge and a second electrowetting electrode (') is arranged to act separately on a second side of the meniscus edge. Selected meniscus configurations can be formed by providing selected voltages to the first and second electrowetting electrodes respectively.