OPTICAL DEVICE
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210155471A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US16625695

    申请日:2018-07-06

    IPC分类号: B81B3/00 G02B26/08

    摘要: An optical device includes an elastic support portion which includes a torsion bar which extends along a second direction perpendicular to a first direction and a nonlinearity relaxation spring which is connected between the torsion bar and a movable portion. The nonlinearity relaxation spring is configured so that a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring around the second direction is smaller than a deformation amount of the torsion bar around the second direction and a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction is larger than a deformation amount of the torsion bar in the third direction while the movable portion moves in the first direction. A comb electrode is disposed along an outer edge of the movable portion.

    OPTICAL DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210191106A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16761294

    申请日:2018-08-02

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08 G02B26/10 G02B7/182

    摘要: A method for manufacturing an optical device includes: preparing a semiconductor substrate that includes a portion corresponding to a base, a movable unit, and an elastic support portion; forming a first resist layer in a region corresponding to the base on a surface of a first semiconductor layer which is opposite to an insulating layer; forming a depression in the first semiconductor layer by etching the first semiconductor layer using the first resist layer as a mask; forming a second resist layer in a region corresponding to a rib portion on a bottom surface of the depression, a side surface of the depression, and the surface of the first semiconductor layer which is opposite to the insulating layer; and forming the rib portion by etching the first semiconductor layer until reaching the insulating layer using the second resist layer as a mask.

    OPTICAL MODULE
    3.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL MODULE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200049977A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16492684

    申请日:2018-03-14

    摘要: An optical module includes a support layer, a device layer which is provided on the support layer, and a movable mirror which is mounted in the device layer. The device layer has a mounting region in which the movable mirror is mounted, and a driving region which is connected to the mounting region. A space corresponding to at least the mounting region and the driving region is formed between the support layer and the device layer. The mounting region is disposed between a pair of elastic support regions included in the driving region and is supported by the pair of elastic support regions.

    POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND OPTICAL MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20180120156A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15792984

    申请日:2017-10-25

    摘要: Provided is a position detection method including splitting detection light into first and second light, the first light being incident on a returning optical path, a portion of the first light being transmitted through a beam splitter and a remaining portion of the first light being reflected by the beam splitter to reach the beam splitter through a movable mirror every time the first light reaches the beam splitter through the movable mirror, combining the first light transmitted though the beam splitter and the second light to generate multiple interference light, extracting a second interference light signal having a wavelength of 1/p (p is a natural number) of a wavelength of detection light from a first interference light signal of the multiple interference light, and calculating a position of the movable portion in a predetermined direction based on the second interference light signal.

    OPTICAL DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210132367A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16625685

    申请日:2018-07-06

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08 G01J3/45 B81B3/00

    摘要: An optical device includes an elastic support portion which includes a torsion bar extending in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction and a nonlinearity relaxation spring connected between the torsion bar and a movable portion. The nonlinearity relaxation spring is configured so that a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring around the second direction is smaller than a deformation amount of the torsion bar around the second direction and a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction is larger than a deformation amount of the torsion bar in the third direction while the movable portion moves in the first direction. A first comb finger of a first comb electrode and a second comb finger of a second comb electrode which are adjacent to each other face each other in the second direction.

    OPTICAL MODULE
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210132366A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16492712

    申请日:2018-03-14

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08 G01J3/02 G01J3/45

    摘要: An optical module includes a base which has a main surface and in which a mounting region and a driving region for moving the mounting region along a first direction parallel to the main surface are provided, a movable mirror which has a mirror surface having a positional relationship of intersecting the main surface and is mounted in the mounting region, a first fixed mirror which has a mirror surface having a positional relationship of intersecting the main surface and of which a position with respect to the base is fixed, and a beam splitter unit which constitutes a first interference optical system for measurement light together with the movable mirror and the first fixed mirror. The mirror surface of the movable mirror and the mirror surface of the first fixed mirror are directed to one side in the first direction.

    OPTICAL DEVICE
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210130159A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16625687

    申请日:2018-07-06

    IPC分类号: B81B3/00 G02B26/08 H02N1/00

    摘要: An optical device includes a base that includes a main surface, a movable unit that includes an optical function unit, an elastic support unit that supports the movable unit so that the movable unit is movable along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the main surface, a fixed comb electrode that includes a plurality of fixed comb fingers, and a movable comb electrode that includes a plurality of movable comb fingers which are disposed alternately with the plurality of fixed comb fingers. At least one of the movable unit and the elastic support unit includes an electrode support portion that supports the movable comb electrode. The electrode support portion includes a rib portion that is formed so that the thickness of the electrode support portion in the predetermined direction is larger than the thickness of the movable comb fingers in the predetermined direction.

    OPTICAL MODULE, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220099430A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17426325

    申请日:2020-01-17

    IPC分类号: G01B9/02015 G01J3/45

    摘要: A processer of an optical module is configured to control a voltage signal having a frequency for causing a movable mirror to resonate, and perform an intensity acquisition process. The intensity acquisition process is a process of acquiring a measurement light intensity of the interference light of the measurement light M times at a first time interval based on the frequency in each of a plurality of cycles among P cycles continuous in the voltage signal, acquiring an addition value of a plurality of the measurement light intensities mutually corresponding for the same number of times, acquiring a laser light intensity of the interference light of the laser light N times at a second time interval based on the frequency in each of the plurality of cycles, and acquiring an addition value of a plurality of the laser light intensities mutually corresponding for the same number of times.