摘要:
A cantilever type displacement element comprises a piezoelectric layer and at least two electrodes for applying a voltage to said piezoelectric layer, at least one of said electrodes being a comb-shaped electrode pair having respectively comb-tooth portions disposed separately as facing and alongside of each other in the width direction of the cantilever.
摘要:
A probe drive mechanism includes a cantilever portion in which a piezoelectric layer is disposed between electrode layers, and a circuit portion which is positioned adjacent to the cantilever portion and drives the cantilever. The cantilever portion and the circuit portion are formed on the same substrate. A protection layer covers the circuit portion and part of the substrate, and the cantilever portion is formed on the protection layer adjacent to the circuit portion.
摘要:
An optical deflector arranged to be relatively stably driven regardless of any environmental disturbance such as temperature, includes an oscillating system 160 having plural natural oscillation modes of different frequencies, a driving unit for driving the oscillating unit, and a drive control unit for supplying a driving signal to the driving unit, the oscillating system 160 including a first oscillator movable element 11 with a light deflecting element 22, a first torsion spring 12, a second oscillator movable element 13, a second torsion spring 12 and a supporting member 15, the optical deflector further including a distortion detecting element 25a and 25b for detecting mechanical deformation of the first and/or second torsion spring and a heat generating element 19, for stabilizing the frequencies of the natural oscillation modes and the state of scan to ensure stable sinusoidal-wave combined drive.
摘要:
An optical deflector includes an oscillating system and a driving system for driving the oscillating system, the oscillating system including a first oscillator, a first torsion spring, a second oscillator, a second torsion spring and a supporting member, the first oscillator including a first movable element having a light deflecting element configured to deflect light, the second oscillator including a second movable element having a mass adjusting member configured to adjust a mass, wherein the first movable element is resiliently supported by the second movable element through the first torsion spring, for torsional oscillation about an oscillation axis, wherein the second movable element is resiliently supported by the supporting member through the second torsional spring, for torsional oscillation about the oscillation axis, and wherein the oscillating system has at least two natural oscillation modes having different frequencies, about the oscillation axis.
摘要:
An optical deflector comprises a vibration system and a driver. The vibration system includes a first oscillatory moving element having a reflecting surface, a second oscillatory moving element, and a support. The first and second oscillatory moving elements are resiliently supported respectively by first and second torsion springs to be able to torsionally vibrate about an oscillation axis with respect to the second oscillatory moving element and to the support. The vibration system has natural oscillation modes with different frequencies about the oscillation axis. The first and/or second torsion spring has torsion leaf portions torsionally deformed about torsion axes parallel to the oscillation axis. One end of each torsion leaf portion is coupled to an end of another through a connecting portion, and the other end is coupled to one of the first and the second oscillatory moving elements and the support directly or through a connecting portion.
摘要:
Disclosed is an oscillation device comprising: a first movable plate adapted to be oscillated about a first rotation axis; a first elastic supporting portion for oscillatively supporting the first movable plate; a supporting substrate for fixing the first elastic supporting portion; a first magnetic field generating portion arranged in a position remote from the first movable plate; a second movable plate adapted to be oscillated about a second rotation axis; and a second elastic supporting portion fixed to the first movable plate for oscillatively supporting the second movable plate, in which a first coil is provided in the first movable plate to be turned round the second movable plate, and in which a second magnetic field generating portion is provided in the second movable plate. The oscillation device is capable of: operating at a high speed with large displacement; enhancing an energy efficiency; and oscillating about two axes.
摘要:
Optical deflector includes a movable mirror, a gimbal for rotatably supporting the movable mirror about a first rotational axis with a first support portion, and a frame for rotatably supporting the gimbal with a second support portion about a second rotational axis that forms an angle relative to the first rotational axis. A moving comb electrode is provided on the gimbal and has a surface extending approximately parallel to a direction of a rotational movement of the gimbal, and a stationary comb electrode is disposed facing the surface of the moving comb electrode. An electrostatic driving unit displaces the gimbal by an electrostatic force acting between the moving comb electrode and the stationary comb electrode. An electromagnetic driving unit displaces the movable mirror by an electromagnetic force.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a mold for a microlens having a desired radius (R) of curvature by electroplating. In this method, a minimum radius (Rmin) of curvature is utilized to achieve the desired curvature radius.
摘要:
In a method of fabricating an array of microstructures, a substrate with an electrically-conductive portion is provided, an insulating mask layer is formed on the electrically-conductive portion of the substrate, a plurality of openings are formed in the insulating mask layer to expose the electrically-conductive portion, and a first plated or electrodeposited layer is deposited in the openings and on the insulating mask layer by electroplating or electrodeposition. A second plated layer is further formed on the first plated or electrodeposited layer and on the electrically-conductive portion by electroless plating to reduce a size distribution of microstructures over the array.
摘要:
This invention relates to an electron optical system array having a plurality of electron lenses. The electron optical system array includes a plurality of electrodes arranged along the paths of a plurality of charged-particle beams. Each of the plurality of electrodes has a membrane in which a plurality of apertures are formed on the paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams, and a support portion which supports the membrane. At least two of the plurality of electrodes are arranged to form a nested structure.