A piezoelectric unimorph actuator based tip-tilt-piston micromirror with high fill factor and small tilt and lateral shift

Y Zhu, W Liu, K Jia, W Liao, H Xie - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of a piezoelectrically
actuated high-fill-factor tip-tilt-piston (TTP) micromirror with small tilt and lateral shift during …

A tip–tilt–piston micromirror with a double S-shaped unimorph piezoelectric actuator

W Liu, Y Zhu, K Jia, W Liao, Y Tang, B Wang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of a tip–tilt–piston (TTP)
piezoelectric micromirror. A unique double S-shaped unimorph piezoelectric (dSUP) …

A tip-tilt-piston micromirror with symmetrical lateral-shift-free piezoelectric actuators

W Liao, W Liu, Y Zhu, Y Tang, B Wang… - IEEE Sensors …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the design, fabrication, and characterization of a high-fill-factor tip-
tilt-piston micromirror actuated by four symmetrical lateral-shift-free (LSF) piezoelectric …

A novel ultra-planar, long-stroke and low-voltage piezoelectric micromirror

T Bakke, A Vogl, O Żero, F Tyholdt… - Journal of …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel piston-type micromirror with a stroke of up to 20 µm at 20 V formed out of a silicon-
on-insulator wafer with integrated piezoelectric actuators was designed, fabricated and …

A 2-D MEMS scanning mirror based on dynamic mixed mode excitation of a piezoelectric PZT thin film S-shaped actuator

KH Koh, T Kobayashi, C Lee - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
A novel dynamic excitation of an S-shaped PZT piezoelectric actuator, which is
conceptualized by having two superimposed AC voltages, is characterized in this paper …

Thin-film piezoelectric unimorph actuator-based deformable mirror with a transferred silicon membrane

EH Yang, Y Hishinuma, JG Cheng… - Journal of …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a proof-of-concept deformable mirror (DM) technology, with a
continuous single-crystal silicon membrane reflecting surface, based on …

Investigation of piezoelectric driven MEMS mirrors based on single and double S-shaped PZT actuator for 2-D scanning applications

KH Koh, T Kobayashi, C Lee - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2012 - Elsevier
A silicon micromirror driven by piezoelectric Pb (Zr, Ti) O3 cantilever actuator has been
demonstrated for 2-D scanning applications. Two different PZT actuator designs have been …

An electrothermal tip–tilt–piston micromirror based on folded dual S-shaped bimorphs

K Jia, S Pal, H Xie - Journal of Microelectromechanical systems, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design, optimization, fabrication, and test results of an
electrothermally actuated tip-tilt-piston micromirror with a large optical aperture of 1 mm. The …

Characterization of piezoelectric PZT beam actuators for driving 2D scanning micromirrors

KH Koh, T Kobayashi, FL Hsiao, C Lee - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2010 - Elsevier
A silicon micromirror driven by piezoelectric Pb (Zr, Ti) O3 beam actuators has been
demonstrated for two-dimensional (2D) scanning mirror applications. Two devices of similar …

A two-axis piezoelectric tilting micromirror with a newly developed PZT-meandering actuator

M Tani, M Akamatsu, Y Yasuda… - 2007 IEEE 20th …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a new mechanical design of piezoelectric unimorph actuator that
generate large static deflection angle by accumulating angular displacement in a cascaded …