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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Robert J. Calvet, Pasadena, CA (US);
Xiaolei Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ankur Jain, Arcadia, CA (US);
Lakshminarayan Hariharan, Glendora, CA (US);
Roman C. Gutierrez, Arcadia, CA (US);
Robert J. Calvet, Pasadena, CA (US);
Xiaolei Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ankur Jain, Arcadia, CA (US);
Lakshminarayan Hariharan, Glendora, CA (US);
Roman C. Gutierrez, Arcadia, CA (US);
DigitalOptics Corporation MEMS, Arcadia, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for making an actuator device includes forming a substantially planar structure having a stage resiliently supported for movement within a plane of the structure, an actuator coupled to an outer periphery of the stage and operable to apply a force acting in the plane and tangentially to the stage when actuated, the actuator comprising a fixed frame and a moving frame resiliently supported for reciprocal movement relative to the fixed frame by a motion control flexure, and an outer frame surrounding and supporting the stage and the actuator. The moving frame is moved to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced apart from the fixed frame at a selected distance, and the moving frame is then fixed at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame.