Characterization and Reliability Study of a MEMS Mirror Based on Electrothermal Bimorph Actuation

Abstract

An electrothermal bimorph based MEMS mirror with large scan range, high fill factor and high resonant frequency is presented. A reliability issue due to burn-out of a bimorph thermal actuator is also studied and modeled. [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Haoran Wang (University of Florida, Tianjin University)
  2. Huikai Xie (University of Florida)
  3. Daihua Zhang (Tianjin University)
  4. Xiaoyang Zhang (University of Florida)
  5. Liang Zhou (University of Florida)

Topic Areas

Tunable and active micro- and nano-devices: optical, plasmonic, THz , Optical and photonic sensors, transducers and microsystems

Session

We-4 » Micromirror Scanners (16:00 - Wednesday, 16th August, Sierra/Cumbre/Vista)

Paper

Characterization_and_Reliability_Study_of_a_MEMS_Mirror_Based_on_Electrothermal_Bimorph_Actuation.pdf