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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Xiao Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
William Spencer Worley, Iii, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Dongmin Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
YE Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiao Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
William Spencer Worley, III, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Dongmin Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ye Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Miradia Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A MEMS mirror for a laser printing application includes providing a CMOS substrate including a pair of electrodes, and providing a reflecting mirror moveable over the substrate and the electrodes. Voltages applied to the electrodes create an electrostatic force causing an end of the mirror to be attracted to the substrate. A precise position of the mirror can be detected and controlled by sensing a change in capacitance between the mirror ends and the underlying electrodes.