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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2006
Anis Zribi, Rexford, NY (US);
Glenn S. Claydon, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Long Que, Rexford, NY (US);
Stacey Kennerly, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shankar Chandrasekaran, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Shivappa Goravar, Karnataka, IN;
David C. Hays, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ayan Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Anis Zribi, Rexford, NY (US);
Glenn S. Claydon, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Long Que, Rexford, NY (US);
Stacey Kennerly, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shankar Chandrasekaran, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Shivappa Goravar, Karnataka, IN;
David C. Hays, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ayan Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Morpho Detection, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a micro-electrical mechanical system apparatus includes (i) a comb drive actuator having at least one irregularly shaped finger and (ii) a movable Fabry-Perot filter cavity mirror coupled to the comb drive actuator. According to some embodiments, a relationship between a voltage applied to the comb drive actuator and an amount of displacement associated with the movable mirror is substantially linear.