Patent ID: 8189267

Claim:
A display device comprising a plurality of electrowetting elements having a first support plate and a second support plate, each electrowetting element comprising a space between the first support plate and the second support plate and including a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with each other, each electrowetting element comprising walls arranged on the second support plate for confining the first fluid to the space of the electrowetting element, the walls of the electrowetting element covering a wall region of the second support plate and the walls enclosing a display region of the second support plate, each electrowetting element comprising an electrode arranged on the second support plate, the electrodes of the electrowetting elements being coupled to reflective, strip-shaped signal lines arranged on the second support plate, wherein a first area of the signal lines is arranged in the wall region and a second area of the signal lines is arranged in the display region, the first area being smaller than the second area.