Progress in wafer bonding technology towards MEMS, high-power electronics, optoelectronics, and optofluidics

J Xu, Y Du, Y Tian, C Wang - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Wafer bonding is an attractive technology that can join homo/heterogeneous materials into
one composite. It has a wide range of applications in the micro-electro-mechanical system …

Review of sensing and actuation technologies–from optical MEMS and nanophotonics to photonic nanosystems

Y Ma, W Liu, X Liu, N Wang, H Zhang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Entering the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) and fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, the
demand for compact, cost-effective, and high-performance sensors and actuators is …

Design and modeling of polysilicon electrothermal actuators for a MEMS mirror with low power consumption

M Lara-Castro, A Herrera-Amaya, MA Escarola-Rosas… - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Endoscopic optical-coherence tomography (OCT) systems require low cost mirrors with
small footprint size, out-of-plane deflections and low bias voltage. These requirements can …

FPCB micromirror-based laser projection availability indicator

H Zuo, S He - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) actuator-driven micromirror
(referred to as FPCB micromirror hereafter)-based laser projection indicator. The device …

Variable aperture with graded attenuation combined with adjustable focal length lens

C Liu, D Wang, QH Wang - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we demonstrate a variable aperture with graded attenuation combined with
adjustable focal length lens actuated by hydraulic control. Two cylindrical chambers and a …

[HTML][HTML] MEMS Micromirror Actuation Techniques: A Comprehensive Review of Trends, Innovations, and Future Prospects

M Ahmad, M Bahri, M Sawan - Micromachines, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Micromirrors have recently emerged as an essential component in optical scanning
technology, attracting considerable attention from researchers. Their compact size and …

Progress on 3D tubular passive electronics: Residual stress-based fabrication, application, and modeling

Z Zhou, B Zhang, Z Zhang, X Wei, L Sang… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The platform concept and methodology to create three-dimensional (3D) tubular structures
by releasing the stress of two-dimensional multilayer membranes has been demonstrated …

Modeling and characterization of a vernier latching MEMS variable optical attenuator

A Unamuno, R Blue… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the modeling and testing of a Vernier latched MEMS variable optical attenuator
(VOA) which uses chevron electrothermal microactuators to control fiber-to-fiber optical …

Submicrometer-Sized, 3D surface-attached polymer networks by microcontact printing: Using UV-cross-linking efficiency to tune structure height

VT Widyaya, EK Riga, C Müller, K Lienkamp - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
The lateral dimensions of micro-and nanostructures obtained by microcontact printing (μCP)
can be easily varied by selecting stamps with the desired spacing and pattern. However, the …

Modeling and characterization of an electrowetting-based single-mode fiber variable optical attenuator

A Duduś, R Blue, M Zagnoni, G Stewart… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report an optofluidics-based variable optical attenuator (VOA) employing a tapered side-
polished single-mode optical fiber attached to an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) …