Patent ID: 8693081
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate positioned relative to the first substrate so as to define a fluid space; a polar fluid occupying at least a portion of the fluid space; a non-polar fluid occupying a portion of the fluid space that is not occupied by the polar fluid; a third substrate positioned between and spaced away from the first and second substrates so as to form a first channel and a second channel, respectively, within the fluid space, the third substrate including a first plurality of pores being porous to the polar fluid and a second plurality of pores being porous to the non-polar fluid; a first electrically-insulated electrode positioned in the first channel; a second electrically-insulated electrode positioned in the second channel; at least one voltage source configured to apply an electrical bias to at least one of the first and second electrically-insulated electrodes so as to move the polar fluid within the fluid space and with respect to the first and second channels; and at least one fluid splitting structure positioned in each of the first and second channels, each of the fluid splitting structures being configured to facilitate movement of the non-polar fluid into a portion of the polar fluid so as to split the polar fluid.