Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lens cleaning via electrowetting
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Application No.: US17165895Application Date: 2021-02-02
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Publication No.: US11693235B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Daniel Lee Revier , Benjamin Stassen Cook , David Patrick Magee , Stephen John Fedigan
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ray A. King; Frank D. Cimino
- The original application number of the division: US15591311 2017.05.10
- Main IPC: G02B27/00
- IPC: G02B27/00 ; G01H13/00 ; B08B7/02 ; G01D5/24

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a mass detection circuit coupled to a surface covered with a plurality of electrodes. The mass detection circuit is configured to detect a mass of a first droplet present on the surface. The apparatus further includes a transducer circuit coupled to a transducer, which is coupled to the surface and form a lens unit. The transducer circuit configured to excite a first vibration of the surface at a resonant frequency to form a high displacement region on the surface. The apparatus also includes a voltage excitation circuit coupled to the plurality of electrodes. In response to the detection of the mass of the first droplet, the voltage excitation circuit is configured to apply a sequence of differential voltages on one or more consecutive electrodes which moves the first droplet to the high displacement region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210157130A1 LENS CLEANING VIA ELECTROWETTING Public/Granted day:2021-05-27
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