An all-nickel magnetostatic MEMS scanner

作者:Weber Niklas*; Zappe Hans; Seifert Andreas
来源:Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2012, 22(12): 125008.
DOI:10.1088/0960-1317/22/12/125008

摘要

The design, fabrication and detailed characterization of a fully electroplated, magnetostatic low-cost MEMS scanning mirror are presented. By electroplating bright nickel on a sacrificial substrate, robust soft-magnetic micromirrors may be fabricated. The technology is simpler and cheaper than the standard process using bulk silicon micromachining of silicon-on-insulator wafers for fabricating magnetostatic scanners. The presented Ni mirrors exhibit deflection angles of +/- 7 degrees at resonance for small external magnetic fields of 0.23 mT. Such magnetic fields are easily generated by miniaturized solenoids, making integration, for instance, into endoscopic systems possible.

  • 出版日期2012-12