High angular deflection micro-mirror system
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1. A high angular deflection micro-mirror system comprising:
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a spacer structure having two spacers extending from the substrate;
a deformable membrane having a center point and supported only by the two spacers of the spacer structure;
a support having a first and a second end and where the first end is disposed away from the center point on the deformable membrane; and
a mirror disposed on the second end of the support.
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Abstract
A high angular deflection micro-mirror system including a substrate, a spacer structure extending from the substrate, a deformable membrane supported by the spacer structure, one or more supports located off center on the deformable membrane, and one or more mirrors on the support cantilevered therefrom to achieve a high angular deflection of the mirrors as the deformable membranes deform.
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1. A high angular deflection micro-mirror system comprising:
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a substrate; a spacer structure having two spacers extending from the substrate; a deformable membrane having a center point and supported only by the two spacers of the spacer structure; a support having a first and a second end and where the first end is disposed away from the center point on the deformable membrane; and a mirror disposed on the second end of the support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An array of high angular deflection micro-mirrors comprising:
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a substrate; a plurality of spacer structures extending from the substrate; a plurality of deformable membranes each having a center point and each supported by at least one associated spacer structure; a plurality of supports each having a first and second end and each disposed away from the center point and away from the at least one spacer of an associated one of the plurality of deformable membranes; and a plurality of mirrors, each mirror is disposed on an associated one of the plurality of supports and cantilevered therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A high angular deflection micro-mirror system comprising:
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a substrate; a spacer structure extending from the substrate; a deformable membrane supported by the spacer structure; a rigid mirror having a first and a second end, the mirror supported on the first end above the deformable membrane and having a second end which rotates upward when the deformable membrane deflects downwards towards the substrate, the first end of the mirror disposed between the center point on the deformable membrane and the spacer structure. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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