Multi-layer insulator for low voltage and breakdown voltage enhancement in electrowetting-on-dielectric

Anggita Grisatya; Yong Hyub Won

doi:10.1117/12.2040234

8 March 2014 Multi-layer insulator for low voltage and breakdown voltage enhancement in electrowetting-on-dielectric

Anggita Grisatya, Yong Hyub Won

Proceedings Volume 8987, Oxide-based Materials and Devices V; 89871S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040234
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Low applied voltage in electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) can be achieved using thin dielectric. However it is followed by high possibility of dielectric failure. On the other hand, multi-layer dielectric has been known as a way to enhance the dielectric reliability by delaying the dielectric breakdown. In this paper, we report a modified structure of multi-layer insulator called sandwich-like multi-layer structure. This structure is built by dividing one layer into two sections and inserting the other layer between them, resulting a stack with an additional layer but identical in thickness with the conventional multi-layer structure. Using Parylene C and Aluminum Oxide (Al₂O₃), sandwich-like multi-layer structure shows an improvement in dielectric reliability by delaying the occurrence of dielectric breakdown without sacrificing the operational voltage. Dielectric breakdown is investigated by observing the bubbles forming during electrowetting test caused by electrolysis.

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Anggita Grisatya and Yong Hyub Won "Multi-layer insulator for low voltage and breakdown voltage enhancement in electrowetting-on-dielectric", Proc. SPIE 8987, Oxide-based Materials and Devices V, 89871S (8 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040234

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