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Article

Driving Waveform Design of Electrowetting Displays Based on an Exponential Function for a Stable Grayscale and a Short Driving Time

by
Zichuan Yi
1,
Zhenyu Huang
2,3,*,
Shufa Lai
3,
Wenyao He
2,
Li Wang
2,3,
Feng Chi
1,
Chongfu Zhang
1,
Lingling Shui
1,2 and
Guofu Zhou
2,3
1
College of Electron and Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute, Zhongshan 528402, China
2
Institute of Electronic Paper Displays, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
3
Shenzhen Guohua Optoelectronics Tech. Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518110, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Micromachines 2020, 11(3), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11030313
Submission received: 8 February 2020 / Revised: 9 March 2020 / Accepted: 12 March 2020 / Published: 16 March 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micromachines for Dielectrophoresis)
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Abstract

The traditional driving waveform of the electrowetting display (EWD) has many disadvantages, such as the large oscillation of the target grayscale aperture ratio and a long time for achieving grayscale. Therefore, a driving waveform based on the exponential function was proposed in this study. First, the maximum driving voltage value of 30 V was obtained by testing the hysteresis curve of the EWD pixel unit. Secondly, the influence of the time constant on the driving waveform was analyzed, and the optimal time constant of the exponential function was designed by testing the performance of the aperture ratio. Lastly, an EWD panel was used to test the driving effect of the exponential-function-driving waveform. The experimental results showed that a stable grayscale and a short driving time could be realized when the appropriate time constant value was designed for driving EWDs. The aperture ratio oscillation range of the gray scale could be reduced within 0.95%, and the driving time of a stable grayscale was reduced by 30% compared with the traditional driving waveform.
Keywords: electrowetting display; driving waveform; aperture ratio; exponential function; time constant electrowetting display; driving waveform; aperture ratio; exponential function; time constant

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Yi, Z.; Huang, Z.; Lai, S.; He, W.; Wang, L.; Chi, F.; Zhang, C.; Shui, L.; Zhou, G. Driving Waveform Design of Electrowetting Displays Based on an Exponential Function for a Stable Grayscale and a Short Driving Time. Micromachines 2020, 11, 313. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11030313

AMA Style

Yi Z, Huang Z, Lai S, He W, Wang L, Chi F, Zhang C, Shui L, Zhou G. Driving Waveform Design of Electrowetting Displays Based on an Exponential Function for a Stable Grayscale and a Short Driving Time. Micromachines. 2020; 11(3):313. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11030313

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Yi, Zichuan, Zhenyu Huang, Shufa Lai, Wenyao He, Li Wang, Feng Chi, Chongfu Zhang, Lingling Shui, and Guofu Zhou. 2020. "Driving Waveform Design of Electrowetting Displays Based on an Exponential Function for a Stable Grayscale and a Short Driving Time" Micromachines 11, no. 3: 313. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11030313

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Yi, Z., Huang, Z., Lai, S., He, W., Wang, L., Chi, F., Zhang, C., Shui, L., & Zhou, G. (2020). Driving Waveform Design of Electrowetting Displays Based on an Exponential Function for a Stable Grayscale and a Short Driving Time. Micromachines, 11(3), 313. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11030313

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