• DocumentCode
    3461664
  • Title

    A process for fabricating robust electrothermal micromirrors with customizable thermal response time and power consumption

  • Author

    Pal, Shovon ; Xie, Huan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    8-11 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    158
  • Abstract
    A novel process for fabricating robust electrothermal bimorph based MEMS devices is reported and scanning electrothermal micromirrors are fabricated. Device parameters can be chosen to customize thermal response time and power requirements. Aluminum (Al) and Tungsten (W) form the active bimorph layers and polyimide is used for thermal isolation.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; micro-optomechanical devices; micromirrors; optical fabrication; tungsten; MEMS devices; active bimorph layers; electrothermal bimorph; electrothermal micromirrors; power consumption; thermal isolation; thermal response time; Actuators; Micromirrors; Polyimides; Robustness; Silicon; MEMS; electrothermal; micromirror; robust;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0334-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031066
  • Filename
    6031066