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High-performance silicon scanning mirror for laser printing

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Davis, Wyatt O.
Brown, Dean
Helsel, Mark
Sprague, Randy
Gibson, Greg
Yalçınkaya, Arda

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This paper describes the design, fabrication, and characterization of the first MEMS scanning mirror with performance matching the polygon mirrors currently used for high-speed consumer laser printing. It has reflector dimensions of 8mm × 0.75mm, and achieves 80° total optical scan angle at an oscillation frequency of 5kHz. This performance enables the placement of approximately 14,000 individually resolvable dots per line at a rate of 10,000 lines per second, a record-setting speed and resolution combination for a MEMS scanner. The scanning mirror is formed in a simple microfabrication process by gold reflector deposition and patterning, and through-wafer deep reactive-ion etching. The scanner is actuated by off-the-shelf piezo-ceramic stacks mounted to the silicon structure in a steel package. Device characteristics predicted by a mathematical model are compared to measurements.

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Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

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Electrical and electronic engineering, Optics

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Proceedings of SPIE

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10.1117/12.700849

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