IP Library Granted Patent US 9,045,331
Granted Patent B2
US 9,045,331 · App. 13/864,623 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Micromechanical component and method for producing a micromechanical component

Inventors: Heiko Nitsche (Reutlingen, DE); Stefan Pinter (Reutlingen, DE); Wolfram Schock (Rommelsbach, DE); Joerg Muchow (Reutlingen, DE); Christoph Friese (Pfullingen, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
B81B7/02B81C3/008G02B26/085B81B2203/0163B81B7/0006
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Patent No.
US 9,045,331
App. No.
13/864,623
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A micromechanical component having a control element is described, which is connected via at least one supply line spring having a supply line spring constant to a mounting support in an adjustable manner, and a drive device having at least one actuator component situated on the control element. Via at least one line component guided over the at least one supply line spring an electric potential or a current signal is able to be provided to the actuator component in such a way that the control element is able to be set by the drive device into a motion with respect to the mounting support. The control element is additionally connected to the mounting support, and the supply line spring constant is less than vibratory spring constant. Also described is a method for producing a micromechanical component.

Claims (55)

1. A micromechanical component, comprising:

at least one supply line spring having a supply line spring constant;

a mounting support;

a control element connected via the at least one supply line spring to the mounting support in an adjustable manner;

at least one line component guided via the at least one supply line spring;

at least one lineless vibratory spring having a vibratory spring constant; and

a drive device including at least one actuator component situated on the control element via the at least one line component, wherein:

one of an electric potential and a current signal is able to be provided to the at least one actuator component in such a way that the control element is able to be set into a motion with respect to the mounting support, using the drive device,

the control element is additionally connected via the at least one lineless vibratory spring to the mounting support, and

the supply line spring constant is less than the vibratory spring constant.

2. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the supply line spring constant is less than one-half of the vibratory spring constant.

3. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 2 , wherein the supply line spring constant is less than one-fifth of the vibratory spring constant.

4. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one supply line spring is foamed exclusively of at least one conductive material that spans at least one gap lying between the control element and the mounting support in a self-supporting manner.

5. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one supply line spring is patterned out of a first layer having a first layer thickness, and

the at least one vibratory spring is patterned out of a second layer having a second layer thickness that is greater than the first layer thickness.

6. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one supply line spring is at least one of meander-shaped and spiral-shaped.

7. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the drive device includes a magnetic drive having a coil component situated on the control element as the at least one actuator component.

8. The micromechanical component as recited in claim 7 , wherein:

the control element includes one of a mirror component and a filter component,

the coil component is at least partially situated one of on and in a coil plate, on which a spacer is anchored, an end of the spacer, facing away from the coil plate, contacting an inner side of one of the mirror component and the filter component that faces away from an incident light surface of the one of the mirror component and the filter component, and

the at least one vibratory spring is anchored with a first spring end thereof on the mounting support, and with a second spring end thereof on the one of the mirror component and the filter component.

9. A micromirror, comprising:

a micromechanical component, comprising:

at least one supply line spring having a supply line spring constant;

a mounting support;

a control element connected via the at least one supply line spring to the mounting support in an adjustable manner;

at least one line component guided via the at least one supply line spring;

at least one lineless vibratory spring having a vibratory spring constant; and

a drive device including at least one actuator component situated on the control element via the at least one line component, wherein:

one of an electric potential and a current signal is able to be provided to the at least one actuator component in such a way that the control element is able to be set into a motion with respect to the mounting support, using the drive device,

the control element is additionally connected via the at least one lineless vibratory spring to the mounting support, and

the supply line spring constant is less than the vibratory spring constant.

10. A method for producing a micromechanical component, comprising:

connecting a control element via at least one supply line spring having a supply line spring constant to a mounting support; and

developing a drive device;

situating at least one actuator component of the drive device on the control element;

providing at least one line component via which, during operation of the drive device, one of an electric potential and a current signal is provided to the at least one actuator component;

guiding the at least one line component via the at least one supply line spring in such a way that the control element is set into motion with respect to the mounting support using the operated drive device;

additionally connecting the control element to the mounting support via at least one lineless vibratory spring having a vibratory spring constant, the supply line spring constant being less than the vibratory spring constant.

11. The production method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

in order to form the at least one supply line spring, depositing at least one conductive material on a carrier layer; and

subsequently, removing a carrier layer material of the carrier layer covered by the at least one conductive material.

12. The production method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

patterning the at least one supply line spring out of a first layer having a first layer thickness; and

patterning the at least one vibratory spring out of a second layer having a second layer thickness that is greater than the first layer thickness.

13. The production method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

developing the at least one supply line spring to be at least one of meander-shaped and spiral-shaped.

14. The production method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

developing the drive device to have a magnetic drive having a coil component situated on the control element as the at least one actuator component.

15. The production method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

situating the coil component at least partially one of on and in a coil plate;

connecting the coil plate, using a spacer anchored thereto, to one of a mirror component and a filter component of the control element;

connecting an end of the spacer facing away from the coil plate to an inner side of the one of the mirror component and the filter component facing away from an incident light surface of the one of the mirror component and the filter component; and

anchoring the at least one vibratory spring by a first spring end thereof to the mounting support and by a second spring end thereof to the one of the mirror component and the filter component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2013
From: NITSCHE, HEIKO; PINTER, STEFAN; SCHOCK, WOLFRAM; MUCHOW, JOERG; FRIESE, CHRISTOPH
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 031147/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 206 280 · Apr 17, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130271807A1 · Oct 17, 2013