• DocumentCode
    2517716
  • Title

    A 3-D micromirror utilizing inverted-series-connected electrothermal bimorph actuators for piston and tilt motion

  • Author

    Todd, Shane T. ; Jain, Ankur ; Qu, Hongwei ; Xie, Huikai

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    1-4 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    A new electrothermal micromirror with large piston and tilt motions was proposed and fabricated. Large initial tilt angles and optical path shifting of previously fabricated thermal micro mirrors were eliminated by employing inverted-series-connected (ISC) bimorph actuators
  • Keywords
    microactuators; micromirrors; optical fabrication; pistons; 3-D electrothermal micromirror; inverted-series-connected electrothermal bimorph actuator; micromirror fabrication; optical path shifting; piston; tilt motion; Biomedical optical imaging; Electrothermal effects; Micromirrors; Mirrors; Optical design; Piezoelectric actuators; Pistons; Structural beams; Temperature; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2005. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Oulu
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9278-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2005.1540059
  • Filename
    1540059