Umachines, Inc.

Chen-Wei Chiu

Fukang Jiang

Tom Tsao

Yu-Chong Tai

Aramais Avakian

Jeff Dickson

A method for fabricating a module for at least partially intercepting a light beam propagating along a beam path includes providing a single crystal silicon substrate with a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface. The method further includes forming a reflector support layer on the first substrate surface. The method further includes forming a support frame and at least one reflector by etching the substrate from the second substrate surface. The method further includes forming at least one electrical conduit on the reflector support layer. The method further includes forming a reflector support by etching the reflector support layer from the first substrate surface, the reflector support mechanically coupled to the support frame and the reflector, the reflector support movable such that the reflector is movable substantially perpendicularly to the first substrate surface.

Method of fabricating micromachined devices

An apparatus at least partially intercepts a plurality of light beams propagating along a respective plurality of beam paths. The apparatus includes a single crystal silicon substrate and an array including a plurality of modules. Each module includes a reflector comprising single crystal silicon and a reflector surface lying in a reflector plane substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface. Each module further includes a reflector support which mounts the reflector to move substantially within the reflector plane with a displacement component along the surface normal direction of the substrate surface. Each module further includes a reflector driver responsive to electrical current to selectively move the reflector between a first position and a second position.

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Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Chen-Wei Chiu