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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Arthur Monroe Turner, Allen, TX (US);
Arthur Monroe Turner, Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A MEMS device, a printer and a method of printing is presented including providing a light source producing a modulated beam of light, positioning a mirror with a reflective surface to intercept the modulated beam of light. Allowing the mirror to rotate on a single-axis hinge structure such that the resultant reflected beam is swept in a scan plane and creating an image at an intersection of the scan plane and an image plane. Causing the mirror to rotate about the single-axis hinge structure and to oscillate at a tilt about the single-axis hinge structure, wherein the resultant reflected beam of light forms a lemniscate pattern along the image plane, and wherein the lemniscate pattern has an inner angle between a left sweep segment and a right sweep segment of the image. Synchronizing the inner angle of the lemniscate pattern formed on the image plane to a motion of a photosensitive medium such that an image is formed on the photosensitive medium along lines substantially parallel to each other and orthogonal to the movement of the photosensitive medium.