Micro-valve pump light valve display
Abstract
A flat panel display incorporates a plurality of micro-pump light valves (MLV's) to form pixels for recreating an image. Each MLV consists of a dielectric drop sandwiched between substrates, at least one of which is transparent, a holding electrode for maintaining the drop outside a viewing area, and a switching electrode from accelerating the drop from a location within the holding electrode to a location within the viewing area. The sustrates may further define non-wetting surface areas to create potential energy barriers to assist in controlling movement of the drop. The forces acting on the drop are quadratic in nature to provide a nonlinear response for increased image contrast. A crossed electrode structure can be used to activate the pixels whereby a large flat panel display is formed without active driver components at each pixel.
- Inventors:
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- Cabin John, MD
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868640
- Patent Number(s):
- 5181016
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G09 - EDUCATION G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- micro-valve; pump; light; valve; display; flat; panel; incorporates; plurality; micro-pump; valves; mlv; form; pixels; recreating; image; consists; dielectric; drop; sandwiched; substrates; transparent; holding; electrode; maintaining; outside; viewing; switching; accelerating; location; sustrates; define; non-wetting; surface; create; potential; energy; barriers; assist; controlling; movement; forces; acting; quadratic; nature; provide; nonlinear; response; increased; contrast; crossed; structure; activate; whereby; formed; active; driver; components; pixel; pump light; electrode structure; flat panel; panel display; potential energy; switching electrode; controlling movement; light valves; light valve; linear response; /345/359/
Citation Formats
Lee, Yee-Chun. Micro-valve pump light valve display. United States: N. p., 1993.
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"Micro-valve pump light valve display". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868640.
@article{osti_868640,
title = {Micro-valve pump light valve display},
author = {Lee, Yee-Chun},
abstractNote = {A flat panel display incorporates a plurality of micro-pump light valves (MLV's) to form pixels for recreating an image. Each MLV consists of a dielectric drop sandwiched between substrates, at least one of which is transparent, a holding electrode for maintaining the drop outside a viewing area, and a switching electrode from accelerating the drop from a location within the holding electrode to a location within the viewing area. The sustrates may further define non-wetting surface areas to create potential energy barriers to assist in controlling movement of the drop. The forces acting on the drop are quadratic in nature to provide a nonlinear response for increased image contrast. A crossed electrode structure can be used to activate the pixels whereby a large flat panel display is formed without active driver components at each pixel.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1993},
month = {1}
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