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公开(公告)号:US11005392B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16252091
申请日:2019-01-18
申请人: MEMS Drive, Inc.
发明人: Xiaolei Liu , Roman Gutierrez , Matthew Ng , Guiqin Wang
IPC分类号: H02N1/00
摘要: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a bidirectional comb drive actuator. The apparatus may also include a cantilever. The cantilever includes a first end connected to the bidirectional comb drive actuator and a second end connected to an inner frame. In addition, the cantilever may include first and second conductive layers for routing electrical signals. Embodiments of the disclosed apparatuses, which may include multi-dimensional actuators, allow for an increased number of electrical signals to be routed to the actuators. Moreover, the disclosed apparatuses allow for actuation multiple directions, which may provide for increased control, precision, and flexibility of movement. Accordingly, the disclosed embodiments provide significant benefits with regard to optical image stabilization and auto-focus capabilities, for example in size- and power-constrained environments.
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公开(公告)号:US20210088804A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US17025147
申请日:2020-09-18
申请人: MEMS Drive, Inc.
发明人: MATTHEW NG , Xiaolei Liu , Guiqin Wang
IPC分类号: G02B27/64 , H02N1/00 , H02K41/035 , H02N2/02
摘要: A multi-axis MEMS assembly is configured to provide multi-axis movement and includes: a first in-plane MEMS actuator configured to enable movement along at least an X-axis; and a second in-plane MEMS actuator configured to enable movement along at least a Y-axis; wherein the first in-plane MEMS actuator is coupled to the second in-plane MEMS actuator.
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公开(公告)号:US10442680B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-15
申请号:US15182389
申请日:2016-06-14
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: Xiaolei Liu , Kegang Huang , Guiqin Wang , Matthew Ng , Benson Mai , Changgeng Liu
摘要: Electric connection flexures for moving stages of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices are disclosed. The disclosed flexures may provide an electrical and mechanical connection between a fixed frame and a moving frame, and are flexible in the moving frame's plane of motion. In implementations, the flexures are formed using a process that embeds the two ends of each flexure in the fixed frame and moving frame, respectively.
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公开(公告)号:US10259702B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-16
申请号:US15412488
申请日:2017-01-23
申请人: MEMS Drive, Inc.
发明人: Xiaolei Liu , Matthew Ng , Robert Calvet , Gerardo Morabito
摘要: Caging structures are disclosed for caging or otherwise reducing the mechanical shock pulse experienced by MEMS device beam structures during events that may cause mechanical shock to the MEMS device. The caging structures at least partially surround the beam such that they limit the motion of the beam in a direction perpendicular to the beam's longitudinal axis, thereby reducing stress on the beam during a mechanical shock event. The caging structures may be used in combination with mechanical shock-resistant beams.
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公开(公告)号:US10071903B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-11
申请号:US14677730
申请日:2015-04-02
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: Xiaolei Liu , Roman Gutierrez , Guiqin Wang , Benson Mai , Matthew Ng
IPC分类号: B81B3/00
CPC分类号: B81B3/0051 , B81B3/007 , B81B2203/0163 , Y10T74/20
摘要: A flexure includes a support first end connected to a first frame; a support second end connected to a second frame; and a buckled section connecting the first support end to the second support end. The length of the flexure is substantially greater than its width, and the width of the flexure is substantially greater than its thickness. During operation, the flexure is maintained in a buckled state where the flexure's stiffness is significantly less than in the unbuckled state. In one implementation, a stage includes a flexure array joining a first frame and a second frame, where: the first frame and the second frame are substantially on a plane; the flexure array is substantially on the plane prior to buckling by the flexures of the flexure array; and the flexure array is bent substantially out of the plane after buckling by the flexures.
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公开(公告)号:US20170359003A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-14
申请号:US15182389
申请日:2016-06-14
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: XIAOLEI LIU , KEGANG HUANG , GUIQIN WANG , MATTHEW NG , BENSON MAI , CHANGGENG LIU
CPC分类号: B81B3/0062 , B81B2203/0109 , B81B2203/0163 , B81B2203/019 , B81B2203/053 , H01L41/0993 , H02N2/028
摘要: Electric connection flexures for moving stages of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices are disclosed. The disclosed flexures may provide an electrical and mechanical connection between a fixed frame and a moving frame, and are flexible in the moving frame's plane of motion. In implementations, the flexures are formed using a process that embeds the two ends of each flexure in the fixed frame and moving frame, respectively.
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公开(公告)号:US09621775B2
公开(公告)日:2017-04-11
申请号:US14819413
申请日:2015-08-05
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: Matthew Ng , Roman Gutierrez , Guiqin Wang
CPC分类号: H04N5/2328 , B81B3/0021 , B81B3/007 , B81B2203/0163 , B81B2207/07 , H02N1/008 , H04N5/225 , H04N5/2254 , H04N5/335 , Y10T29/49107
摘要: A MEMS actuator including buckled flexures and a method of assembling the actuator are described. The assembled MEMS actuator includes an inner frame; an outer frame including latched electrical bars, where a first of the latched bars includes a latch protrusion secured to a corresponding latch groove of a second of the latched bars; and buckled flexures coupling the inner frame to the outer frame. The flexures are buckled during assembly of the MEMS actuator by incorporating the electrical bar latching mechanism into the design of the outer frame of the MEMS actuator. In one implementation, the MEMS actuator is assembled by providing a MEMS actuator with unbuckled flexures coupling the outer frame of the MEMS actuator to an inner frame of the MEMS actuator, where the outer frame includes unlatched electrical bars, and latching the electrical bars of the outer frame, resulting in buckled flexures.
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公开(公告)号:US09617142B1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-11
申请号:US14872123
申请日:2015-09-30
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: Roman Gutierrez , Tony Tang , Xiaolei Liu , Guiqin Wang , Matthew Ng
CPC分类号: H01L21/76816 , B81B3/0045 , B81B7/0029 , B81B2203/0353 , B81C1/00674 , B81C1/00682 , B81C2201/0112 , B81C2201/0135 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/76898 , H01L23/485 , H01L2924/00 , H01L2924/00014 , H01L2924/0002 , H01L2924/1461 , H01L2924/181
摘要: A system and method for manipulating the structural characteristics of a MEMS device include etching a plurality of holes into the surface of a MEMS device, wherein the plurality of holes comprise one or more geometric shapes determined to provide specific structural characteristics desired in the MEMS device.
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公开(公告)号:US09578217B2
公开(公告)日:2017-02-21
申请号:US14692662
申请日:2015-04-21
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: Roman Gutierrez , Guiqin Wang , Xiaolei Liu
CPC分类号: H04N5/2253 , H05K1/182 , H05K2201/10083 , H05K2201/10121 , Y10T29/4913
摘要: A moving image sensor package is provided that may be used to provide optical image stabilization (OIS) in the same form factor as non-OIS enabled image sensors utilized in portable/mobile devices. The moving image sensor package includes an image sensor attached to a MEMS actuator mounted within a cutout in a circuit board, wherein the MEMS actuator has substantially the same thickness as the circuit board.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种运动图像传感器封装,其可用于以与便携式/移动设备中使用的非OIS启用的图像传感器相同的形状因数提供光学图像稳定(OIS)。 运动图像传感器封装包括附接到安装在电路板中的切口内的MEMS致动器的图像传感器,其中MEMS致动器具有与电路板基本相同的厚度。
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公开(公告)号:US20160268927A1
公开(公告)日:2016-09-15
申请号:US14656618
申请日:2015-03-12
申请人: MEMS DRIVE, INC.
发明人: XIAOLEI LIU , GUIQIN WANG , ROMAN GUTIERREZ
CPC分类号: H02N1/008 , B81B3/0086 , B81B2201/033 , B81B2203/0136 , B81B2203/019
摘要: A comb drive includes an inactive comb finger array and an opposing active comb finger array positioned to oppose the inactive comb finger array and configured to move in a non-linear path relative to the inactive comb finger array, wherein each comb finger array includes a comb spine and a plurality of comb fingers extending from its comb spine, and each comb finger on the active comb finger array is shaped to match a non-parallel profile. The non-parallel profile may be tapered, curved, or selected to linearize the capacitance in a gap between adjacent comb fingers from the inactive comb finger array when a comb finger from the active comb finger array moves through the gap.
摘要翻译: 梳状驱动器包括不活动的梳状指状阵列和相对的有源梳状指阵列,定位成与非活性梳状指状阵列相对并配置为相对于非活性梳状指状阵列在非线性路径中移动,其中每个梳齿阵列包括梳子 脊和从其梳脊延伸的多个梳齿,并且活动梳指阵列上的每个梳指被成形为匹配非平行轮廓。 非平行轮廓可以是渐缩的,弯曲的或选择的,以便当来自主动梳齿阵列的梳齿移动穿过间隙时,使来自无源梳指阵列的相邻梳齿之间的间隙中的电容线性化。
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