Actuator device and mirror drive device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9729038-B2
Application number	US-201314908173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2013
Priority date	Aug 1, 2013
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections and a plurality of turnover sections. The plurality of straight sections extends in a first direction along a swing axis and is juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The plurality of turnover sections alternately couples two ends of the straight sections. Wiring is disposed on the torsion bar portion. The wiring includes first wiring sections and second wiring sections. The first wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections and that are made of a first metal material including Cu. The second wiring sections are disposed on the straight sections and are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An actuator device comprising:
a support portion;
a movable portion on which a conductor is disposed; and
a torsion bar portion on which wiring connected to the conductor is disposed and that couples the movable portion to the support portion so as to be swingable,
wherein the torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections extending in a first direction along a swing axis of the torsion bar portion and juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a plurality of turnover sections alternately coupling two ends of the straight sections,
wherein the wiring includes first wiring sections disposed on the respective turnover sections and second wiring sections connected to the first wiring sections and disposed on the respective straight sections,
wherein the first wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections and that are made of a first metal material including Cu, and
wherein the second wiring sections are disposed on the straight sections and are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.

2. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first wiring section further includes a section that is disposed on the damascene wiring section so as to cover an opening of the groove and that is made of the second metal material.

3. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a connection point between the torsion bar portion and the support portion and a connection point between the torsion bar portion and the movable portion are located on a virtual line passing through a central region in the second direction of the torsion bar portion and extending in the first direction.

4. The actuator device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the torsion bar portion further includes a first connection section that connects the support portion to one straight section located outermost in the second direction out of the plurality of straight sections, and a second connection section that connects the movable section to the other straight section located outermost in the second direction out of the plurality of straight sections, and
wherein the wiring further includes third wiring sections that are connected to the first wiring sections and that are disposed on the first and second connection sections, respectively.

5. The actuator device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the third wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the first and second connection sections, respectively, and that are made of the first metal material.

6. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second metal material is made of Al or an alloy containing Al.

7. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movable portion includes a first section to which the torsion bar portion is coupled, and a second section supported on the first section so as to be swingable around a swing axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the swing axis of the torsion bar portion.

8. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a coil as the conductor is disposed on the movable portion, and
the actuator device further comprising a magnetic field generating portion is configured to let a magnetic field act on the coil.

9. A mirror driving device comprising:
the actuator device as set forth in claim 1 ; and
a mirror disposed on the movable portion.

10. An actuator device comprising:
a support portion;
a movable portion on which a conductor is disposed; and
a torsion bar portion on which wiring connected to the conductor is disposed and that couples the movable portion to the support portion so as to be swingable,
wherein the torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections extending in a first direction along a swing axis of the torsion bar portion and juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a turnover section coupling two ends of the straight sections,
wherein the wiring includes a first wiring section disposed on the turnover section and second wiring sections connected to the first wiring section and disposed on the respective straight sections,
wherein the first wiring section is made of a first metal material, and
wherein the second wiring sections are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.

Assignees

• Hamamatsu Photonics Kk

Inventors

• Takimoto Sadaharu
• Kimoto Masakuni
• ADACHI Norihide

Classifications

• H02K33/18 Primary

  with coil systems moving upon intermittent or reversed energisation thereof by interaction with a fixed field system, e.g. permanent magnets · CPC title

• B81B3/0045

  Improve properties related to angular swinging, e.g. control resonance frequency · CPC title

• G02B26/0858

  the reflecting means being moved or deformed by piezoelectric means · CPC title

• B81B2201/042

  Micromirrors, not used as optical switches · CPC title

• G02B26/101

  with both horizontal and vertical deflecting means, e.g. raster or XY scanners (colour television using laser beams scanning a display screen H04N9/3129) · CPC title