Performance of a raster scanning laser display system using diamond shaped frame supported micromirror

We describe the design, fabrication, and experimental results of a raster scanning laser display system using micromachined electrostatic scanning micromirror. The micromirror is comprised of a diaphragm mirror plate supported by an array of diamond shaped support frame, and movable comb electrodes. A prototype raster scanning laser display system using the fabricated micromirror, having optical scan angle of 16.9/spl deg/ at resonance frequency of 19.55 kHz, as the horizontal scanner was developed and tested. To compensate for the nonlinear characteristics of the scanner, a simple image correction method was developed, and the projected image was analyzed and compared with the simulation results.