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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Piscataway, NJ (US);
David John Bishop, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ; G02B 2/608 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ; G02B 2/608 ;
Abstract
An electro-mechanical structure which controls the movement of an optical device coupled thereto is disclosed. Both the electro-mechanical structure and the optical device are disposed on a substrate surface. The electro-mechanical structure controls the movement of the optical device by first lifting the optical device a predetermined distance above the plane of the substrate surface. Thereafter, the lifted optical device is moveable relative to the plane of the substrate surface in response to an electrostatic field generated between the electro-mechanical structure and the substrate.