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Micro-electromechanical device having a laminated thermal bend actuator

  • US 7,066,574 B2
  • Filed: 11/17/2003
  • Issued: 06/27/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A micro-electromechanical device which comprisesa substrate containing drive circuitry;

  • and an elongate actuator that is fast with the substrate at a fixed end, the elongate actuator having a laminated structure of at least one inner layer and a pair of opposed, outer layers, the outer layers having substantially the same thermal expansion and elasticity characteristics, with one of the outer layers defining an electrical heating circuit that is in electrical contact with the drive circuitry to be heated and to expand on receipt of an electrical signal from the drive circuitry and to cool and contract on termination of the signal, thereby to generate reciprocal movement of the actuator.

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