The Light Deflection Cube (LDC) Evaluation Kit from Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS can now be custom-configured and ordered on the internet. This will facilitate access to micro scanning mirror technology.

Deflecting light over an axis is the key to a great variety of applications, such as barcode reading, laser projection of images, or three-dimensional object measurement. Resonant micro-scanning mirrors, or micro-scanners, such as those being developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS for many years, are the technology of choice when it comes to building systems that are compact, energy-efficient, robust, and affordable. These resonant micromirrors made of silicon, are 0.5 to 3 mm large in diameter and predestined for cost-efficient mass production.

The number of micro-scanner based products is nonetheless still within a limited range. »The development of complex MEMS devices like our scanning mirrors is not only time consuming and coupled with high costs,« explains Denis Jung, Project Manager at Fraunhofer IPMS. »It is also the integration of the micro-scanners, position detection and drive electronics in the system environment that can pose a hurdle for potential users considering microscanners for new applications and products.«

With sales of the LCD custom-configurable Evaluation Kit on the internet, Fraunhofer IPMS now supports its customers in keeping up with the technological demands on product cycles that are perpetually shorter and shorter. The encapsulated Light Deflection Cube Evaluation Kit is based upon a standardized, configurable VarioS® MEMS mirror and, along with the MEMS mirror, it includes a position sensor, complete drive electronics, as well as a software interface to specify the operating parameters. The circular mirror plate of the micro scanning mirror build into the LDC module can be chosen between 0.5 mm and 3 mm in diameter.

More information at http://www.ipms.fraunhofer.de/