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Title: | Two-axis gimbal-less electrothermal micromirror for large-angle circumferential scanning | Authors: | Xu, Y. Singh, J. Selvaratnam, T. Chen, N. |
Keywords: | Electrothermal effects Microelectromechanical devices Micromachining |
Issue Date: | Sep-2009 | Citation: | Xu, Y., Singh, J., Selvaratnam, T., Chen, N. (2009-09). Two-axis gimbal-less electrothermal micromirror for large-angle circumferential scanning. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 15 (5) : 1432-1438. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2016436 | Abstract: | In this paper, we present the design, simulation, fabrication, and characterization of a two-axis gimbal-less micromirror optimized for large-angle circumferential scanning applications. The single-crystal silicon micromirror consists of novel folded bimorph electrothermal actuators, flexural springs, and a mirror plate coated with a high-reflective Cr/Au thin film. A modified silicon-on-insulator microelectromechanical system process has been applied on the micromirror fabrication. The single-wafer process is based on deep reactive ion etching in order to achieve high fill factor as well as small outline of the micromirror chip. A new mechanical design of bimorph actuators is developed to further increase the mechanical deflection. Both theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that the micromirror can provide a uniform mechanical deflection up to ∼9° with multichannel driving voltages of less than 2.3 V to any angle in full 360 ° circumference. © 2009 IEEE. | Source Title: | IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/74942 | ISSN: | 1077260X | DOI: | 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2016436 |
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