摘要:
An optical scanning apparatus for optical scan that oscillates at least partially an oscillating body having a reflective mirror portion, to thereby modulate a direction in which the reflective mirror portion causes incident light thereon to be reflected off, is disclosed, the oscillating body comprising: a first spring portion, coupled to the reflective mirror portion, and excited to generate a torsional oscillation of the first spring portion; and a plurality of second spring portions, coupled to the first spring portion, and coupled to a fixed frame portion of the oscillating body in a bifurcation manner with a bifurcation spacing of the plurality of second spring portions being larger than a width of the first spring portion, the plurality of second spring portions being excited to generate flexural and torsional oscillations thereof.
摘要:
An optical scanning apparatus for optical scan that oscillates at least partially an oscillating body having a reflective mirror portion, to thereby modulate a direction in which the reflective mirror portion causes incident light thereon to be reflected off, is disclosed, the oscillating body comprising: a first spring portion, coupled to the reflective mirror portion, and excited to generate a torsional oscillation of the first spring portion; and a plurality of second spring portions, coupled to the first spring portion, and coupled to a fixed frame portion of the oscillating body in a bifurcation manner with a bifurcation spacing of the plurality of second spring portions being larger than a width of the first spring portion, the plurality of second spring portions being excited to generate flexural and torsional oscillations thereof.
摘要:
An apparatus for use in optical scanning is disclosed which vibrates at least a part of a vibrating body having a light-reflective surface, to thereby allow light, upon entry, to be reflected from the light-reflective surface in varying directions. The vibrating body includes: (a) a reflective mirror having the light-reflective surface; and (b) an integral spring extending from the reflective mirror and being excited to generate at least a torsional vibration. The vibrating body has vibrational characteristics in which whether or not a resonant frequency of the torsional vibration and a resonant frequency of a disturbing vibration are equal to each other depends upon a shape-defining parameter for defining a shape of the integral spring extending lengthwise. The shape-defining parameter is pre-set to fall within a range allowing the resonant frequency of the torsional vibration and the resonant frequency of the disturbing vibration to be different from each other.
摘要:
A mirror driver is disclosed which includes: a mirror having a reflective surface reflecting incident light thereon; a pair of mechanical beams diametrically opposed to each other with the mirror inbetween as viewed along a reference line parallel to the reflective surface; an actuator imparting bending motions to the pair of beams, respectively; and a pair of joints integrally coupling the pair of beams and the mirror to each other, with less rigidity to resist deformation than rigidity of the pair of beams and the mirror, for allowing conversion of the bending motions of the pair of beams into a rigid-body motion of the mirror without inducing an angular oscillation about the reference line.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a package defining an enclosed inner space, a semiconductor chip having a movable portion on one side and housed in the closed inner space of the package, and a catching member located in the closed inner space of the package to catch and hold a foreign matter suspended in an atmosphere in the closed inner space of the package.
摘要:
A resonant-oscillating-device fabrication method for integrally forming a structure comprising a support, a beam vibratably extending from the support, and an oscillating element which is supported by the beam so as to oscillate in resonance with the vibration of the beam at a desired resonant frequency, by using a substrate. The resonant-oscillating-device fabrication method having a thickness measurement step of measuring the thickness of the substrate, an etching condition determination step of determining conditions of etching a portion forming the beam in the substrate to provide the desired resonant frequency, in accordance with the thickness of the substrate measured in the thickness measurement step, and an etching step of etching the substrate in accordance with the etching conditions.
摘要:
A mirror driver is disclosed which includes: a mirror having a reflective surface reflecting incident light thereon; a pair of mechanical beams diametrically opposed to each other with the mirror inbetween as viewed along a reference line parallel to the reflective surface; an actuator imparting bending motions to the pair of beams, respectively; and a pair of joints integrally coupling the pair of beams and the mirror to each other, with less rigidity to resist deformation than rigidity of the pair of beams and the mirror, for allowing conversion of the bending motions of the pair of beams into a rigid-body motion of the mirror without inducing an angular oscillation about the reference line.
摘要:
A light reflecting device includes an elastic plate portion configured to be elastically deformable, the elastic plate portion having a first surface and a second surface that is an opposite surface of the first surface, a mirror formed on the first surface of the elastic plate portion, at least one supporting portion configured to support the elastic plate portion to form a recessed area at a side of the second surface, and at least one strain-generating element provided on the second surface in the recessed area to bend the elastic plate portion in response to deformation thereof.
摘要:
An optical scanner is disclosed which includes: a first scanning device having a first mirror portion in which a first reflective surface is formed, the first scanning device scanning in a first direction, light which impinges obliquely on the first reflective surface, by oscillatory rotation of the first mirror portion about a first oscillation axi; and a second scanning device having a second mirror portion in which a second reflective surface is formed so as to be generally in parallel to the first reflective surface in a non-active state of the optical scanner, the second scanning device scanning in a second direction intersecting with respect to the first direction, the light exiting the first reflective surface and then entering obliquely the second reflective surface, by oscillatory rotation of the second mirror portion about a second oscillation axis intersecting with respect to the first oscillation axis. The first oscillation axis is oriented substantially parallel to a direction in which the light enters the first reflective surface, when the optical scanner is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first and second reflective surfaces.
摘要:
An apparatus for use in optical scanning is disclosed which vibrates at least a part of a vibrating body having a light-reflective surface, to thereby allow light, upon entry, to be reflected from the light-reflective surface in varying directions. The vibrating body includes: (a) a reflective mirror having the light-reflective surface; and (b) an integral spring extending from the reflective mirror and being excited to generate at least a torsional vibration. The vibrating body has vibrational characteristics in which whether or not a resonant frequency of the torsional vibration and a resonant frequency of a disturbing vibration are equal to each other depends upon a shape-defining parameter for defining a shape of the integral spring extending lengthwise. The shape-defining parameter is pre-set to fall within a range allowing the resonant frequency of the torsional vibration and the resonant frequency of the disturbing vibration to be different from each other.