Optical-electrical MEMS devices and method
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1. An optical-electrical MEMS device carrying an electrical signal-controllable orientable mirror and covered by an optically transmissive substrate mounted spaced above the mirror;
- and means for generating an upper electrical field in the space above the mirror and under said substrate for controlling the mirror orientation.
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Abstract
A novel optical-electrical MEMS device overlaid or covered with an optically transmissive substrate held spaced in inverted preferably flip-chip bonded fashion to the device, with transparent electrodes provided in the substrate for generating an upper mirror-actuating field to supplemental the customary lower mirror-well field, enabling complementary operation.
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18 Claims
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1. An optical-electrical MEMS device carrying an electrical signal-controllable orientable mirror and covered by an optically transmissive substrate mounted spaced above the mirror;
- and means for generating an upper electrical field in the space above the mirror and under said substrate for controlling the mirror orientation.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An optical-electrical MEMS device carrying an electrical signal-controllable orientable mirror mounted within a well in the device and provided with electrodes for applying a lower voltage field within the well below the mirror for generating electrical signals for controlling the orientation of the mirror within the well;
- an optically-transmissive substrate integrally attached by spacer posts to cover or overlay the MEMS device and its mirror-mounting well, but providing sufficient space between the substrate and the mirror to avoid interference with the orienting operation of the mirror; and
transparent electrodes provided on the optically-transmissive substrate for applying an upper voltage field above the well to supplement the lower voltage field within the well in controlling the electrical signal-orientable mirror. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- an optically-transmissive substrate integrally attached by spacer posts to cover or overlay the MEMS device and its mirror-mounting well, but providing sufficient space between the substrate and the mirror to avoid interference with the orienting operation of the mirror; and
- 15. In an optical and electrical MEMS device carrying an electrical signal-orientable mirror suspended within a well in the device and wherein the device is physically and electrically integrally overlaid by an optically transmissive substrate carrying a pattern of printed electrical circuit interconnections but with sufficient upper clearance between the substrate and the mirror to avoid interference with the operation of the mirror as it is signal oriented by the field within the well, a method of supplementing electrical signal field control of the mirror, that comprises, providing transparent electrodes on the substrate in the region where it overlies the well and mirror, and applying voltage by said transparent electrodes to generate an upper electrical field above the mirror and well to supplement the signal orienting the mirror.
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