Patents by Inventor Sarah Maley

Sarah Maley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MICROMIRROR AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROMIRROR
    Publication number: 20100033788
    Abstract: A high-fill-factor and large-aperture tip-tilt micromirror array is disclosed. Electrothermal actuation can be used to obtain a large scan range, and the actuation engine can be hidden underneath the mirror plate for high fill factor. In one embodiment, inverted-series-connected (ISC) bimorph actuators can be used to achieve tilt and piston scanning. Embodiments can be used to implement optical phased array technology for steering active and passive electro-optical systems based on MEMS mirrors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Huikai Xie, Sarah Maley, Paul McManamon, Thomas Nelson, Lei Wu, Andrea Pais, Kemiao Jia