AU2001212487A1 - Frequency tunable resonant scanner with auxiliary arms - Google Patents

Frequency tunable resonant scanner with auxiliary arms

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AU2001212487A1
AU2001212487A1 AU2001212487A AU1248701A AU2001212487A1 AU 2001212487 A1 AU2001212487 A1 AU 2001212487A1 AU 2001212487 A AU2001212487 A AU 2001212487A AU 1248701 A AU1248701 A AU 1248701A AU 2001212487 A1 AU2001212487 A1 AU 2001212487A1
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scanning device
flexible arm
mems
absorptive material
resonant frequency
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Mark P. Helsel
David W. Wine
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Microvision Inc
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Microvision Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
    • G02B26/08—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
    • G02B26/10—Scanning systems
    • G02B26/105—Scanning systems with one or more pivoting mirrors or galvano-mirrors

Abstract

A MEMs scanning device has a variable resonant frequency. In one embodiment, the MEMs device includes a flexible arm (3506) that extends from an oscillatory body. An electrical field applies a force to the flexible arm, thereby bending the flexible arm to change the moment of inertial of the oscillatory body and a secondary mass carried by the flexible arm. The shifted combined center of mass changes the resonant frequency of MEMs device. In another embodiment, an absorptive material forms a portion of a torsional arm that supports the oscillatory body. The mechanical properties of the absorptive material can be varied by varying the concentration of a gas surrounding the absorptive material. The varied mechanical properties change the resonant frequency of the scanning device. A display apparatus includes the scanning device and the scanning device scans about two or more axes, typically in a raster pattern. Various approaches to controlling the frequency responses of the scanning device are described, including active control of MEMs scanners and passive frequency tuning.
AU2001212487A 2000-11-03 2000-11-03 Frequency tunable resonant scanner with auxiliary arms Abandoned AU2001212487A1 (en)

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