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ArticleMicromachines2021

A Separated Reset Waveform Design for Suppressing Oil Backflow in Active Matrix Electrowetting Displays.

Linwei Liu, Pengfei Bai, Zichuan Yi, Guofu Zhou

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Linwei LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Pengfei BaiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Zichuan YiCollege of Electron and Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute, Zhongshan 528402, China.
Guofu ZhouGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute of Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Funding

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology No. 2017B030301007Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Electronic Paper Displays Materials and Devices 201705030007National Key R&D Program of China No. 2016YFB0401502Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in Universities No. IRT_17R40Program for Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Teams No. 2019BT02C241Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou No. 2019050001
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Abstract

The electrowetting display (EWD) is a kind of reflective paper-like display. Flicker and grayscale distortion are caused by oil backflow, which is one of the important factors restricting the wide application of EWDs. The charge embedding caused by the electric field force in the dielectric layer is the cause of oil backflow. To suppress oil backflow, a separated reset waveform based on the study of oil movement is proposed in this paper. The driving waveform is divided into two parts: a reset waveform and a grayscale waveform. The reset waveform generated by a reset circuit can be used to output various voltages. The grayscale waveform is set as a traditional PWM waveform. The reset waveform is composed of a charge-releasing stage and oil-moving back stage. Two phases are contained in the charge releasing stage. The overdriving voltage is used during the first phase to reverse the voltage of all pixels. The trapped charges can then be released from the dielectric layer during the second phase. A higher voltage is used during the oil-moving back stage to drive the oil faster in the pixel. By comparing the experimental data, the oil backflow time is extended 761 times by the reset waveform. The four grayscales can be maintained by the reset waveform after driving for 300 s.

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active matrixdriving waveformdynamic reset waveformelectrowetting display (EWD)field programmable logic array (FPGA)oil backflow

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PMID33925329
PMCPMC8146728

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