THERMALLY ACTUATED CMOS MICROMIRRORS

被引:31
作者
BUHLER, J
FUNK, J
PAUL, O
STEINER, FP
BALTES, H
机构
[1] Physical Electronics Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich
关键词
CMOS PROCESSES; MICROMIRRORS; TRIMORPH CANTILEVERS;
D O I
10.1016/0924-4247(94)00964-J
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Thermally actuated micromirrors fabricated using a standard CMOS process and one subsequent anisotropic silicon etch step are presented. The device consists of a mirror plate supported by bimorph cantilever beams. Even short beams show a large deflection effect. A theoretical analysis valid for n-morph bending beams has been derived and found to be consistent with experimental and computer-simulation results.
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页码:572 / 575
页数:4
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