Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for manipulating a substance, the device comprising at least three series of interdigitated electrode pairs, wherein each electrode of each pair is connected to an electrode in an adjacent pair in the respective series by an electrical path, and a dielectric layer disposed on the at least three series of interdigitated electrode pairs, the dielectric layer comprising one or more sub layers. The at least three series of interdigitated electrode pairs are selectively and independently energisable to produce an electric field at a top surface of the dielectric layer so that a substance on the top surface may be manipulated by the electric field. The device further comprises one or more groups of the interdigitated electrode pairs, each group having a longitudinal axis, wherein in each group the respective interdigitated electrode pairs are arranged along the respective longitudinal axis such that along the respective longitudinal axis no two adjacent pairs are from a single one of the at least three series, and no pair is adjacent to two other pairs from a single one of the at least three series.
DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING A SUBSTANCE, VEHICLE AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF USING THE DEVICE
VORRICHTUNG ZUM MANIPULIEREN EINER SUBSTANZ, FAHRZEUG UND ANORDNUNG MIT DIESER VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERWENDUNG DER VORRICHTUNG
DISPOSITIF DE MANIPULATION D'UNE SUBSTANCE, VÉHICULE ET ENSEMBLE LE COMPRENANT, ET PROCÉDÉ D'UTILISATION DU DISPOSITIF
2022-04-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B03C Magnetische oder elektrostatische Trennung fester Stoffe von festen Stoffen oder flüssigen oder gasförmigen Medien , MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS / B01L CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE , Chemische oder physikalische Laboratoriumsgeräte zum allgemeinen Gebrauch / B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / F04B Verdrängerkraft- und Verdrängerarbeitsmaschinen für Flüssigkeiten , POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS |
European Patent Office | 2020
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