Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 53, Issue 7, 0712004(2024)

Grayscale Distortion Correction Method for Hysteresis Characteristics of Electrowetting Display

Ziyu XIE1,2, Ting MEI1,2, Shanling LIN2,3, Bipeng CAI1,2, Mingzhen CHEN1,2, and Zhixian LIN1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
  • 2Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou 350116, China
  • 3Scholol of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362200, China
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    Ziyu XIE, Ting MEI, Shanling LIN, Bipeng CAI, Mingzhen CHEN, Zhixian LIN. Grayscale Distortion Correction Method for Hysteresis Characteristics of Electrowetting Display[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2024, 53(7): 0712004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Dec. 1, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 17, 2024

    Published Online: Aug. 12, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhixian LIN (lzx2005000@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20245307.0712004

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