Review of sensing and actuation technologies–from optical MEMS and nanophotonics to photonic nanosystems

Y Ma, W Liu, X Liu, N Wang, H Zhang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Entering the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) and fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, the
demand for compact, cost-effective, and high-performance sensors and actuators is …

[HTML][HTML] Aluminum nitride out-of-plane piezoelectric MEMS actuators

AAS Rabih, M Kazemi, M Ménard, F Nabki - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Integrating microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuators with low-loss suspended
silicon nitride waveguides enables the precise alignment of these waveguides to other …

Piezoelectric micro energy harvesters based on stainless-steel substrates

SC Lin, WJ Wu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a piezoelectric micro energy harvester (PMEH) fabricated on stainless-steel
substrates is presented. Through the design and fabrication of the PMEH, a high-quality lead …

Temperature stability study of resonant angular scanning micromirrors with electrostatic comb-drive actuators

Y Cao, P Wang, J Li, H Xie - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021 - Elsevier
Resonant rotational scanning micromirrors with electrostatic comb-drive actuators are widely
used in generating structured lights for 3D sensing, but their resonant scanning stability is …

A two-dimensional MEMS scanning mirror using hybrid actuation mechanisms with low operation voltage

KH Koh, C Lee - Journal of microelectromechanical systems, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of a novel CMOS-
compatible 2-D MEMS scanning mirror based on hybrid actuation mechanisms. Both …

Design, fabrication and vacuum operation characteristics of two-dimensional comb-drive micro-scanner

HM Chu, K Hane - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2011 - Elsevier
We present design, fabrication, and characteristics of two-dimensional micro-machined
comb-drive scanner to operate in vacuum. The scanner can be actuated in two orthogonal …

Air damping of high performance resonating micro-mirrors with angular vertical comb-drive actuators

R Farrugia, B Portelli, I Grech, D Camilleri… - Microsystem …, 2019 - Springer
The maximum scan angle amplitude of resonating micro-mirrors, intended for micro-
projection display applications is limited by air damping. Three-dimensional transient Navier …

Vacuum packaged electromagnetic 2D scanning micromirror

SH Chung, SK Lee, CH Ji, JH Park - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019 - Elsevier
We herein present the design, fabrication, and wafer-level packaging of an electromagnetic
biaxial scanning micromirror. The vacuum packaging of the micromirror was implemented by …

Accurately estimating the scanning angle of an electrostatic MEMS mirror with a novel damping model

A Peng, D Qiao, C Xia, X Song, Y Liu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel damping model to accurately analyze the scanning angle of electrostatic
microelectromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors is proposed in this article. The …

Large stroke staggered vertical comb-drive actuator for the application of a millimeter-wave tunable phase shifter

Y Li, D Psychogiou, S Kühne… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of a MEMS actuator with
large static deflection as a waveguide-mounted variable millimeter-wave phase shifter. The …