Two-dimensional silicon micromachined optical scanner integrated with a photodetector

Abstract
A highly miniaturized optical scanner integrated with a photo detector has been developed for miniaturization of scanning type of optical sensors. The scanner is fabricated by silicon micromachining technologies and is driven by a piezoelectric actuator. It is capable of two dimensional scanning and photo detection. The scanning angle is over 40 deg X 30 deg and the photo detecting sensitivity is 0.49 A/W for 680 nm wavelength light.