Develop a hinge and clip building system at the microscale

• Create a micromachined clip that pairs with itself at 90° so that two micromachined clips can be interconnected without breaking. The clip should be as compact as possible.
• Design a set of parts that are based on these clips. The parts should be general (Lego-like).
• Equip some parts with holders for ball lenses, and others with at least one further optical function (e.g., prism, lense, grating, fresnel lense, mirror)
• Create a base plate from which the construction with manufactured parts can start.
• Create a hinge structure that would allow a part containing an optical component to be moved parallel to one of the construction axes by a significant distance.

Design constraints

• You have available a 1-mask process: Silicon ICP Process.

System test

• Create an advanced optical system using your system, such as an interferometer, or an optical zoom, or a scanner. Describe why your system is not restricted to this implementation.

Documentation

• Notebooks
• Project plan
• Webpage
• Mask layout
• Design report
• Poster

Gallery 2008/2009

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