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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997

Filed:

Feb. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Myung-Kwon Koo, Seoul, KR;

Jae-Hyuk Chung, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359291 ; 359224 ; 359850 ; 359900 ; 437229 ;
Abstract

An inventive method for the manufacture of an array of M.times.N thin film actuated mirrors for use in an optical projection system includes the steps of: providing an active matrix; depositing a thin film sacrificial layer; creating an array of empty cavities in the thin film sacrificial layer; depositing an elastic layer; forming an array of conduits in the elastic layer; depositing a second thin film, a thin film electrodisplacive and a first thin film layers, successively; patterning the first thin film, the thin film electrodisplacive, the second thin film and the elastic layers, thereby forming an array of actuated mirror structures; forming a thin film protection layer completely covering each of the actuated mirror structures; removing the thin film sacrificial layer by using an etchant; rinsing away the etchant by using a rinse; removing the rinse by drying in a vacuum or by using a spin drying method; and removing the thin film protection layer, thereby forming the array of M.times.N thin film actuated mirrors.


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