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- the present invention relates to an actuator having a drive unit for displacing the other end in the width direction of the substrate with respect to one end in the length direction of the substrate, and a fine movement provided with the actuator to move an object by a very small amount. It belongs to the technical field of a mechanism and a camera module provided with the fine movement mechanism.
- a piezoelectric actuator made of a piezoelectric material has a high response speed and can be controlled with high accuracy.
- a fine movement mechanism for finely moving an object in a certain plane at high speed for example, see Patent Document 1.
- a piezoelectric actuator 600 as shown in FIG. 22 is used.
- the piezoelectric actuator 600 includes a piezoelectric layer 400 made of a plate-shaped piezoelectric material that has been polarized in the thickness direction (the Z-axis direction shown in FIG. 22), and a piezoelectric layer 400 provided on one surface of the piezoelectric layer 400 in the thickness direction.
- the first electrode layer 401 is harmful to two individual electrodes 401a and 401b extending along the width direction (X-axis direction) of the piezoelectric layer 400 and extending in the length direction (Y-axis direction) of the piezoelectric layer 400. Being done.
- a voltage is applied to the piezoelectric layer 400 via the first and second electrode layers 401 and 402, an electric field is applied to the piezoelectric layer 400.
- an electric field 403a between the one individual electrode 401a of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer 402 (downward in FIG.
- FIG. 23 shows a fine movement mechanism configured using the above-described piezoelectric actuator 600.
- one end in the length direction of the piezoelectric layer 400 of the piezoelectric actuator 600 is fixed to the fixing member 601, and the movable member 602 is fixed to the other end to form a fine movement mechanism.
- this fine movement mechanism the above-described voltage is applied to the two individual electrodes 401a and 401b to drive the piezoelectric actuator 600, thereby moving the movable member 602 in a predetermined plane with respect to the fixed member 601. It becomes possible to move the body layer 400 by a very small amount in the width direction.
- the above-described fine movement mechanism is used, for example, in a camera module including an image sensor 500 and an optical lens 501 as shown in FIG. Is used for a technology that obtains an image with a resolution higher than the resolution of the image sensor by relatively moving in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis ⁇ of the image sensor (for example, Patent Document 2). reference).
- reference numeral 502 denotes a holder 502 as a movable member for holding the image pickup device
- reference numeral 503 denotes a piezoelectric actuator for moving the holder 502 (image pickup device) in the Y-axis direction in the drawing. Is a piezoelectric actuator that moves the holder 502 (imaging element) in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG.
- the fine movement mechanism as described above can be used for a camera shake correction mechanism of a camera as disclosed in Patent Document 3.
- the fine movement mechanism uses an angular velocity sensor.
- the imaging device, the optical lens, and the like are moved so as to cancel the camera shake detected by the camera.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2001-339967 A
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-96673
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-348147
- the rigidity of the piezoelectric layer supports a movable member including an image sensor and an optical lens.
- the supporting rigidity of the moving member is insufficient, and the weight of the moving member causes the piezoelectric actuator (piezoelectric layer) to bend in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer.
- the moving member is originally moved. There is a problem that it cannot be moved in a plane to be set. Therefore, it is conceivable to increase the thickness of the piezoelectric layer to increase the support rigidity of the movable member.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric layer is increased, it is necessary to increase the thickness of the piezoelectric layer in order to secure a certain amount of movement of the movable member. It is necessary to increase the driving voltage of the body layer or increase the length of the piezoelectric layer. In addition, there is a limit to increasing the thickness of the piezoelectric layer. Therefore, in the case of a movable member having a considerably large weight, it is difficult to reliably support the movable member.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above point, and an object of the present invention is to finely move a movable member including the imaging element and the optical lens in a predetermined plane.
- An object of the present invention is to improve the structure of the actuator to surely support the movable member and to suppress the movable member from deviating from the original moving plane.
- the function of moving the movable member and the function of supporting the movable member are separated, that is, the function of supporting the movable member is provided by the substrate and the reinforcing portion.
- the function of moving the movable member is provided to a displacement means such as a piezoelectric element for displacing the other end in the width direction of the substrate with respect to one end in the length direction of the substrate.
- the reinforcing portion is formed in a shape in which the bending rigidity in the substrate width direction of the reinforcing portion is smaller than the bending rigidity in the substrate thickness direction, so that the reinforcing portion is more easily bent in the substrate width direction than in the substrate thickness direction.
- a substrate having a predetermined width and length when viewed from the thickness direction, a reinforcing portion provided on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate, and a thickness of the substrate
- the actuator is provided with a drive unit provided on the other surface in the direction and having a displacement means for displacing the other end in the width direction of the substrate with respect to one end in the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
- the reinforcing portion is formed to have a shape in which the bending rigidity of the reinforcing portion in the substrate width direction is smaller than the bending rigidity in the substrate thickness direction.
- the force S can be made so as not to disturb the displacement of the substrate in the width direction by the displacement means.
- the bending rigidity in the thickness direction of the substrate including the reinforcing portion is made higher than that without the reinforcing portion, so that the substrate can be suppressed from bending in the thickness direction.
- the substrate can be smoothly displaced in the width direction by the displacement means, and can be hardly deformed (hard to bend) in the thickness direction of the substrate even when the movable member is supported.
- the movable member when a fine movement mechanism that moves (finely moves) the movable member is configured by fixing one end of the driving unit in the substrate length direction to the fixed member and fixing the movable member to the other end, The movable member can be prevented from deviating from the original plane, and the movable member can be reliably moved (finely moved) within the predetermined plane.
- the reinforcing portion is provided continuously on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate in the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
- the reinforcing portion is provided substantially at the center in the width direction on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate.
- the reinforcing portion is made of a metal material.
- the reinforcing portion is formed by using a metal material having high ductility, so that the The impact resistance of the unit is improved. Therefore, when a fine movement mechanism is constituted by the actuator, the impact resistance of the actuator is improved in addition to the improvement of the support rigidity of the movable member.
- the reinforcing portion is made of a plated material.
- a mold made of a non-metallic material is formed on the substrate, and the reinforcement is formed by plating using this mold, whereby the reinforcement having a microstructure can be easily formed. it can.
- this forming method can improve the shape accuracy and the mounting accuracy of the reinforcing portion, and also improves the adhesion to the substrate. Therefore, when a fine movement mechanism is constituted by the actuator, more precise movement control of the movable member can be performed, and the reliability when driven for a long period of time can be improved.
- the nucleus for plating growth is assisted when the reinforcing portion is formed on the substrate by plating between the reinforcing portion and the substrate. It is assumed that a nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer containing the material is formed.
- the reinforcing portion made of a plating material can be easily formed on the substrate, whereby the substrate and the reinforcing portion can be firmly connected. And the long-term drive characteristics and impact resistance characteristics of the actuator are improved.
- the reinforcing portion made of the electroless plating material can be easily formed on a nonmetallic substrate. Forming power S can.
- the periphery of the drive section excluding the reinforcing section is covered with a nonmetallic material.
- the drive unit of the actuator can be protected by a non-metallic material.
- the substrate is made of a metal material.
- the impact resistance of the actuator is improved by forming the substrate using a highly ductile metal material.
- the reinforcement can be formed directly on the substrate by electroplating.
- both the substrate and the reinforcing portion are made of a metal material, the adhesion between the metals is excellent, so that the reliability of the actuator can be improved. Therefore, when a fine movement mechanism is constituted by the actuator, the moving accuracy of the movable member can be improved, and the impact resistance of the actuator can be improved.
- the reinforcing portion is formed integrally with the substrate.
- the positional accuracy of the reinforcing portion with respect to the substrate is improved, and the reinforcing portion does not come off the substrate. Therefore, when a fine movement mechanism is constituted by the actuator, the positioning accuracy of the movable member and the reliability when driven for a long period of time are improved.
- the average value of the length of the reinforcing portion in the substrate width direction is defined as a multiple of the average value of the width of the substrate, and the length of the reinforcing portion in the thickness direction of the substrate.
- the width of the substrate is set to be more than 1 to 20 times the thickness of the substrate, and the length of the substrate is smaller than the width of the substrate. It is assumed that it is set to four times or more.
- the displacement means includes a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer, and a thickness of the piezoelectric layer. And a second electrode layer provided on the other surface in the direction, and at least one of the first and second electrode layers.
- two or more individual electrodes are provided on the piezoelectric layer so that an electric field for displacing the other end in the width direction of the substrate with respect to one end in the longitudinal direction of the substrate can be reduced. It shall be divided into electrodes.
- the deformation means can be easily configured.
- the conventional actuator it was necessary to support the movable member by the piezoelectric layer. In the present actuator, this is not necessary. Therefore, the piezoelectric layer can be thinned, and the piezoelectric element can be driven at a low voltage. That power S becomes possible. Therefore, when a fine movement mechanism is constituted by the actuator, the deformation in the thickness direction of the substrate can be suppressed, and the movable member can be moved in the width direction of the substrate at a low voltage.
- At least one of the first and second electrode layers is divided into four or more individual electrodes.
- At least one of the first and second electrode layers is divided into two individual electrodes arranged in the width direction of the substrate, and in the piezoelectric layer, the two electrodes are separated.
- the magnitude of the electric field applied to the portion corresponding to one of the individual electrodes is different from the magnitude of the electric field applied to the portion corresponding to the other.
- the substrate can be deformed not only in the width direction but also in the thickness direction.
- the displacement means is operated so as to cancel the deflection, and the movable member is moved within the original plane. So that it can be prevented from deviating become.
- a fine movement mechanism that moves the movable member in the substrate thickness direction, not only in the substrate width direction, is configured. You can also.
- At least one of the first and second electrode layers is located at a vertex of a rectangle when viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate.
- the magnitudes of the electric fields are the same, and the magnitudes of the electric fields applied to the portions corresponding to the two individual electrodes located at the remaining two vertices are the same.
- the moving trajectory of the movable member can be made straight, which is useful when it is necessary to move the movable member strictly along a straight line.
- the substrate in addition to being able to move the movable member along a straight line, the substrate can be deformed not only in the width direction but also in the thickness direction, as in the fifteenth aspect. Wear.
- the substrate further comprises a plurality of driving portions, the surfaces of the substrate on which the reinforcing portions are provided face the same direction and are arranged in parallel with each other in the substrate width direction.
- the sections are connected in parallel at both ends of the drive section in the substrate length direction.
- the driving unit can be operated at high speed by changing the applied voltage at high speed. Even when trying to drive, the deformation of the board does not immediately follow the change in the voltage, etc. It becomes difficult to move the material at high speed.
- the displacement amount in the width direction of the substrate can be increased while the support characteristics of the movable member and the resonance characteristics in the width direction of the substrate are made equal to those in the case of the driving force.
- the movable member is fixed to the other end of the at least one drive unit in the substrate length direction to form the fine movement mechanism.
- the movable member can be moved at a higher speed and the moving amount of the movable member can be increased as compared with the case where only one driving unit is provided.
- the movable member can be moved along a straight line.
- the substrate further comprises a plurality of driving units, the surfaces of the substrates on which the reinforcing portions are provided face in the same direction, and the plurality of driving units are connected to each other by the substrate of the driving unit. It is assumed that they are connected in series at their longitudinal ends.
- two adjacent driving units extend in directions orthogonal to each other when viewed from the substrate thickness direction.
- the movable member can be freely moved in two axial directions orthogonal to each other in the plane in which the movable member is moved, and the second movable member can be moved by the drive unit extending in the first axial direction.
- the movement in the axial direction can be controlled, and the movement of the movable member in the first axial direction can be controlled by the drive unit extending in the second axial direction, thereby facilitating the positioning control of the movable member.
- the plurality of driving units are mutually connected in the substrate width direction. It is assumed that the drive units are connected in series with each other via a connecting member at an end of the drive unit in the substrate length direction in a state where the drive units are arranged in parallel.
- the amount of movement of the movable member can be made the same as the total amount of displacements in the substrate width direction of all the driving units, and is significantly different from the case where only one driving unit is provided. Can be increased.
- the actuator can be suitably used for a fine movement mechanism that requires a large movement of the movable member, for example, a camera shake correction mechanism.
- the twenty-second invention is an invention of a fine movement mechanism provided with an actuator having a drive part for moving the movable member with respect to the fixed member.
- the drive part of the actuator is viewed from the thickness direction.
- a substrate having a predetermined width and length, a reinforcing portion provided on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate, and a reinforcing portion provided on the other surface in the thickness direction of the substrate, and one end in the length direction of the substrate.
- Displacement means for displacing the other end side in the width direction of the substrate, wherein the reinforcing portion is formed in a shape in which the bending rigidity in the substrate width direction of the reinforcing portion is smaller than the bending rigidity in the substrate thickness direction.
- One end of the drive unit in the substrate length direction is fixed to the fixed member, and the other end is fixed to the movable member. Further, the drive unit operates the movable member by operating the displacement unit. In the width direction of the substrate with respect to the fixing member. It is assumed to be configured to the dynamic.
- the present invention it is possible to suppress the drive unit from being deformed in the direction (the thickness direction of the substrate) different from the direction in which the drive unit should originally be deformed (the width direction of the substrate) due to the weight of the movable member. Can be reliably moved in a predetermined plane. Further, if the movable member is supported by two or more driving units, the deformation in the thickness direction of the substrate can be further suppressed.
- a twenty-third invention is an actuator comprising an image sensor, an optical lens for guiding light to the image sensor, and a drive unit for moving the image sensor or the optical lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical lens. It is an invention of a camera module provided with a camera module.
- the drive unit of the actuator includes a substrate having a predetermined width and length as viewed in the thickness direction, a reinforcing portion provided on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate, and Displacing means provided on the other surface in the thickness direction of the substrate and displacing the other end in the width direction of the substrate with respect to one end in the longitudinal direction of the substrate; Base The bending stiffness in the board width direction is formed to be smaller than the bending stiffness in the board thickness direction.
- One end of the drive unit in the board length direction is fixed to a fixing member, and the other end of the imaging element or the optical lens Is fixed, and the driving unit is configured to move the imaging element or the optical lens relative to the fixed member in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical lens by operating the displacement unit.
- the camera module of the present invention has the same fine movement mechanism as that of the twenty-second invention, a small, lightweight, high-quality, high-resolution camera module can be realized.
- the function of supporting the movable member is provided in the substrate and the reinforcing portion different from the displacement means, and the reinforcing portion has a bending rigidity in the width direction of the substrate.
- the driving voltage of the piezoelectric element can be reduced by reducing the thickness of the piezoelectric layer, and even if the thickness of the piezoelectric layer is reduced,
- the movable member can be reliably supported by the substrate and the reinforcing portion, and both reduction of the driving voltage and support of the movable member can be achieved. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the actuator (and, consequently, the fine movement mechanism and the camera module using the fine movement mechanism, etc.) and reduce the driving voltage.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an actuator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a method for manufacturing the above-described actuator.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a range in which the effect of the present invention can be obtained for the values of ⁇ and.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a drive unit of an actuator according to a fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a method of forming a reinforcing portion in a driving section of an actuator according to a sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an actuator according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a fine movement mechanism according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a deformed state when the actuator is driven, FIG. 8A shows a case where the first electrode layer is divided into two, and FIG. This figure shows the case where one electrode layer is divided into four parts.
- FIG. 9 (a) is an enlarged plan view of the image sensor
- Fig. 9 (b) is a high resolution image with twice the number of pixels using a fine movement mechanism that moves the image sensor in one axial direction.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a change in the position of the light receiving unit when obtaining the following.
- FIG. 10 is a view showing an image sensor fine movement mechanism of a camera module according to Example 10.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a voltage waveform applied to an individual electrode of a drive unit of an actuator in the imaging device fine movement mechanism according to the tenth embodiment.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an actuator according to a fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 12 (a) shows a case where two driving units are connected in parallel
- FIG. 12 (b) shows a case where two driving units are connected in parallel. This shows a case where the drive units are connected in series.
- FIG. 13 (a) is a diagram illustrating an actuator according to an eleventh embodiment
- FIG. 13 (b) is a diagram illustrating a deformed state of the driving unit when the driving unit of the actuator is driven. .
- FIG. 14 is a view showing an image sensor fine movement mechanism of a camera module according to Embodiment 12.
- FIG. 15 is a view showing a fine movement mechanism according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 16 schematically shows a change in the position of a light receiving unit when a high-resolution image with four times the number of pixels is obtained using a fine movement mechanism for moving an image sensor in two axial directions orthogonal to each other.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an image pickup device fine movement mechanism of a camera module capable of moving the image pickup device in two axial directions orthogonal to each other.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an optical lens fine movement mechanism of the camera module according to Embodiment 14.
- FIG. 19 is a view showing an image sensor fine movement mechanism of a camera module according to Embodiment 15. is there.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fine movement mechanism according to Embodiment 7.
- FIG. 21 is a view showing an image pickup device fine movement mechanism of a camera module constituted by an actuator of the fine movement mechanism of FIG.
- FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a conventional actuator.
- FIG. 23 is a schematic view showing a fine movement mechanism constituted by the conventional actuator.
- FIG. 24 is a schematic view showing a conventional camera module having a pixel shifting function.
- FIG. 1 shows an actuator 11 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the actuator 11 has a predetermined width and length when viewed from a thickness direction (a Z-axis direction (in this case, a vertical direction) shown in FIG. 1).
- a driving unit 10 having a rectangular substrate 1 having the same.
- the width (length in the X-axis direction) of the substrate 1 is preferably set to be more than 1 time and not more than 20 times the thickness of the substrate 1 (the length in the Y-axis direction). Is set to at least four times the width It is preferable that Due to the width and the length, when the substrate 1 is displaced in the width direction as described later, the substrate 1 can be efficiently displaced in the width direction without twisting.
- the displacement can be sufficiently secured.
- the width and thickness of the substrate 1 are constant over the entire length direction, but the substrate 1 may be changed in accordance with the position in the length direction. It may be curved.
- the substrate 1 include a glass substrate, a silicon substrate, a metal substrate, and a ceramic substrate.
- the operating characteristics and the impact resistance of the actuator 11 change depending on the characteristics of the material. In particular, a metal substrate is preferable because the impact resistance of the actuator 11 can be improved.
- the driving section 10 includes a reinforcing section 2 provided on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 (the lower surface in the present embodiment) and the other surface in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 (in the present embodiment, And a piezoelectric element 3 provided on the upper surface) and displacing the other end in the width direction of the substrate 1 with respect to the one end in the length direction of the substrate 1.
- the piezoelectric element 3 has a piezoelectric layer 4 that has substantially the same shape as the substrate 1 and is polarized in the thickness direction when viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate 1, and a thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer 4.
- the first electrode layer 5 provided on one surface (the surface (upper surface) opposite to the substrate 1 in the present embodiment) and the other surface in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer 4 (the substrate 1 in the present embodiment).
- a second electrode layer 6 provided on the side surface (lower surface) of the piezoelectric layer 4.
- a voltage can be applied to the piezoelectric layer 4 through the first and second electrode layers 5 and 6. It is configured to be possible.
- Zr / Ti composition ratio of Zr and Ti
- a direction perpendicular to the direction of the electric field piezoelectric effect
- Any material that expands and contracts in the length direction of the body layer 4) may be used.
- the first electrode layer 5 includes two individual electrodes 5a and 5b that are arranged in the width direction (X-axis direction) of the piezoelectric layer 4 and extend in the length direction (Y-axis direction) of the piezoelectric layer 4. Has been split. These two individual electrodes 5a, 5b are arranged at positions symmetrical to each other with respect to the center line in the width direction of the piezoelectric layer 4, and have the same surface area.
- the second electrode layer 6 has substantially the same shape as the substrate 1 and the piezoelectric layer 4 when viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate 1 and has a common electrode.
- the first and second electrodes are applied to the piezoelectric layer 4 so that an electric field for displacing the other end of the substrate 1 in the width direction of the substrate 1 with respect to one end in the length direction of the substrate 1 is applied.
- a voltage is applied to the layers 5 and 6. That is, the electric field applied to the portion of the piezoelectric layer 4 corresponding to one of the individual electrodes 5a (the portion between the individual electrode 5a and the second electrode layer 6) and the portion corresponding to the other individual electrode 5b (the individual (The portion between the electrode 5b and the second electrode layer 6) is applied to the first and second electrode layers 5, 6 so that the force directions having the same magnitude are opposite to each other.
- a voltage is applied.
- the portion between the one individual electrode 5a and the second electrode layer 6 in the piezoelectric layer 4 and the other individual electrode 5b and the second electrode layer 6 The expansion and contraction in the length direction of the piezoelectric layer 4 is reversed between the portion between the two. That is, when one side in the width direction of the piezoelectric layer 4 extends in the length direction, the other side contracts in the length direction. At this time, since the substrate 1 does not expand or contract, a force is generated which bends the substrate 1 in the thickness direction. 10 As a whole, those forces cancel each other out in the vertical direction, and the substrate 1 does not deform in the vertical direction.
- the substrate 1 bends (resiliently deforms) in the width direction of the substrate 1 due to the force of expanding and contracting in the length direction of the piezoelectric layer 4, and the length of the substrate 1 Direction
- the other end is displaced from the one end in the width direction of the substrate 1 (the shrinking side).
- the other end of the substrate 1 draws an arc-shaped trajectory with respect to one longitudinal end of the substrate 1 and is displaced (rotates around an axis extending in the vertical direction).
- This displacement in the longitudinal direction is very small compared to the displacement in the width direction, except in specific cases. , Does not matter.
- the second electrode layer 6 does not need to be provided on the entire lower surface of the piezoelectric layer 4. Similar to the first electrode layer 5, the second electrode layer 6 is divided into two individual electrodes. May be arranged on the lower surface of the piezoelectric layer 4 at portions respectively corresponding to the two individual electrodes 5a and 5b of the first electrode layer 5. When the second electrode layer 6 is divided into a plurality of individual electrodes, a portion between the individual electrodes will be filled with the piezoelectric layer 4 in a manufacturing method described later. Further, only the second electrode layer 6 may be divided into two individual electrodes. Further, the number of divisions of at least one of the first and second electrode layers 5 and 6 is not limited to two, but may be larger than that. May be more.
- the reinforcing portion 2 is formed in a shape such that the bending rigidity of the reinforcing portion 2 in the substrate width direction (X-axis direction) is smaller than the bending rigidity in the substrate thickness direction (Z-axis direction). . That is, the reinforcing portion 2 is more easily bent in the width direction of the substrate 1 than in the thickness direction of the substrate 1.
- the bending force in the width direction of the substrate 1 including the reinforcing portion 2 is small, and the displacement amount in the width direction of the substrate 1 is large, so that the thickness of the substrate 1 is thin and the reinforcing portion 2 No force The amount of displacement of the board 1 in the width direction increases.
- a reinforcing portion 2 is provided at substantially the center in the width direction on one surface in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 (the surface opposite to the piezoelectric element 3), and the bending rigidity of the reinforcing portion 2 in the width direction of the substrate is set in the thickness direction of the substrate. Be smaller than the bending stiffness. As an example of such a reinforcing portion 2, as shown in FIG.
- a shape in which the length in the substrate thickness direction (Z-axis direction) is longer than the substrate width direction (X-axis direction) can be considered.
- the average value of the length of the reinforcing portion 2 in the substrate width direction (X-axis direction) is set to ⁇ times the average value of the width of the substrate 1,
- the average value of the length in the direction ( ⁇ axis direction) is ⁇ times the average value of the thickness of the substrate 1, these values of ⁇ and ⁇ are
- the material of the reinforcing portion 2 is the same as the material of the substrate 1, that is, glass, silicon, metal, ceramics, or the like. Improve It is more preferable that both the substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2 are made of a metal material.
- the reinforcing portion 2 is a force S continuously provided on the lower surface of the substrate 1 over the entire length of the substrate 1, and a part of the reinforcement 1 in the length direction of the substrate 1. They may be provided continuously or separately.
- the cross section of the reinforcing portion 2 is constant over the entire length of the substrate 1, but may be changed according to the position in the length of the substrate 1. .
- the length of the reinforcing portion 2 in the vertical direction is increased toward the fixed member and shortened toward the movable member.
- the curvature of the deflection of the substrate 1 caused by the weight of the movable member can be made constant over the entire length of the substrate 1.
- the piezoelectric layer 4 is controlled so that the strain state is constant, and stable driving can be performed.
- the reinforcing portion 2 has a shape S symmetrical with respect to the center line in the width direction of the substrate 1 and is attached to substantially the center of the substrate 1 in the width direction.
- the reinforcing portion 2 may be arranged at a shifted position. That is, depending on the material composition and manufacturing method of the piezoelectric layer 4, the piezoelectric characteristics when an electric field is applied in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer 4 may be significantly different depending on the direction (upward or downward) of the electric field. That is, in the piezoelectric layer 4, a portion between the one individual electrode 5 a and the second electrode layer 6 of the first electrode layer 5 and a portion between the other individual electrode 5 b and the second electrode layer 6.
- the reinforcing portion 2 can be arranged at a position shifted from the center in the width direction of the substrate 1 so that the substrate 1 can be adjusted to bend in the width direction.
- the force of equalizing the surface area of the two individual electrodes 5a and 5b of the first electrode layer 5 As described above, the piezoelectric characteristics of the piezoelectric layer 4 in the polarization direction and in the opposite direction are different. If they are significantly different, the surface area ratio of the two individual electrodes 5a, 5b may be changed or the magnitude of the voltage applied to each individual electrode 5a, 5b may be changed according to the piezoelectric characteristics of the piezoelectric layer 4. However, the effect of the present invention does not change.
- a substrate 1 having a predetermined width and length when viewed from the thickness direction is mounted.
- a second electrode layer 6 is formed on the substrate 1 by a method such as a sputtering method.
- a piezoelectric layer 4 is formed on the second electrode layer 6 by a sputtering method.
- the method for forming the piezoelectric layer 4 is not limited to the sputtering method, and another forming method (for example, a sol-gel method or a hydrothermal method) may be used.
- a first electrode layer 5 is formed on the piezoelectric layer 4 by a method such as a sputtering method, and then, as shown in FIG.
- the first electrode layer 5 is patterned so as to be divided into two individual electrodes 5a and 5b having predetermined shapes.
- the piezoelectric element 3 is formed on the upper surface of the substrate 1.
- a member serving as a reinforcing portion 2 prepared in advance is bonded and fixed to a center position in the width direction on the lower surface of the substrate 1, thereby completing the actuator 11 (the driving portion 10).
- the adhesive is not shown).
- the second electrode layer 6 is patterned after forming the second electrode layer 6 and before forming the piezoelectric layer 4, the second electrode The layer 6 can also be divided into a plurality of individual electrodes as in the case of the first electrode layer 5.
- the piezoelectric layer 4 is formed on the divided second electrode layer 6 by a sputtering method, a portion between the plurality of individual electrodes is filled with the piezoelectric layer 4.
- the member serving as the reinforcing portion 2 is attached to the substrate 1 by bonding and fixing.
- both the substrate 1 and the reinforcing member 2 are made of a metal material, the diffusion They may be attached by joining or welding.
- a mold made of a non-conductive material such as a resist is formed on the substrate 1 and plating (electroplating or electroless plating) is performed using the mold, thereby forming a metal material.
- the reinforcing portion 2 made of a plating material can be formed on the substrate 1.
- An auxiliary material-containing layer can be formed, and the reinforcing portion 2 made of a plating material can be formed on the nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer.
- a non-electrolytic plating material such as Ni is formed on a non-metallic substrate.
- the reinforcement can be formed Wear.
- the actuator 600 in the conventional fine movement mechanism shown in FIG. 23 may be replaced with the actuator 11. . That is, one end of the driving section 10 (substrate 1 or reinforcing section 2) of the actuator 11 in the substrate length direction is fixed to a fixing member, and the other end of the driving section 10 (substrate 1 or reinforcing section 2) in the substrate length direction is fixed. The movable member is attached and fixed to the end. In this way, the operation of the piezoelectric element 3 allows the movable member to reciprocate in the substrate width direction with respect to the fixed member within a predetermined plane (here, a horizontal plane).
- a predetermined plane here, a horizontal plane
- the movable member is supported by the substrate 1 (and the reinforcing portion 2). Since the substrate 1 is hardly bent in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 by the reinforcing portion 2, even if the movable member is supported, the amount of deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 due to the weight of the movable member Can be small. On the other hand, the reinforcing portion 2 is easy to bend in the width direction of the substrate 1, so that it does not hinder the displacement of the piezoelectric device 3 in the width direction of the substrate 1.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 4 of the piezoelectric element 3 can be reduced, and the driving voltage of the piezoelectric element 3 can be reduced. Accordingly, the force S for moving the movable member smoothly at a low voltage at a high speed and smoothly so as not to be displaced from within a predetermined plane can be achieved, and the amount of movement of the movable member can be increased.
- a plurality of actuators 11 that do not need to support and move the movable member by one actuator 11 are provided so that their operations do not interfere with each other, and the movable member is supported by these actuators 11. Then, it may be configured to move. Further, as will be described later in a fifth embodiment, a plurality of drive units 10 are provided in one actuator 11, and these plurality of drive units 10 are connected in parallel or in series. Is also good.
- a crystallized glass plate having a width of 500 zm, a thickness of 100 zm, and a length of 10 mm was used as a substrate in a drive unit of an actuator, and a film forming temperature of 300 ° C. and a high frequency were used as a second electrode layer.
- a film forming temperature of 300 ° C. and a high frequency were used as a second electrode layer.
- a Pt thin film having a thickness of 0.1 ⁇ m was formed.
- the piezoelectric layer is sputtered in a mixed atmosphere of Ar and O with a deposition temperature of 600 ° C, high-frequency power of 600 W, and process pressure of lPa.
- the first electrode layer was a Pt thin film formed by sputtering under the same conditions as the second electrode layer, and this was patterned by dry etching to a width of 220 ⁇ and a length of 9.5 mm. Two individual electrodes were formed.
- crystallized glass having a height (length in the substrate thickness direction) of 200 ⁇ m, a width (length in the substrate width direction) of 100 ⁇ m, and a length of 5 mm was used. It was adhesively fixed to the center in the width direction and the center in the length direction on one surface in the thickness direction.
- a fine movement mechanism was formed by fixing one end of the substrate in the length direction to a fixed member and fixing a movable member weighing 200 mg to the other end.
- the maximum deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate due to the weight of the movable member was 41 ⁇ m.
- the second electrode layer is grounded, and a sinusoidal voltage having a frequency of 500 Hz and an amplitude of 5 V, having a phase difference of 180 degrees, is applied to each of the two individual electrodes of the first electrode layer.
- the drive of the cutuator was driven.
- the movable member moved ⁇ 1.5 / im in the width direction of the substrate, and the positioning could be performed with an accuracy of 100 nm or less.
- the positioning accuracy was reduced to 200 nm.
- a test was conducted in which the actuator was dropped from a height of 50 cm while being packaged in a resin case so that the drive unit did not adhere. When this was done, a cracking force S occurred at the end of the drive section (substrate or reinforcement section) on the fixed member side.
- the thickness of the substrate and the length of the reinforcing portion in the drive unit of the actuator are different from those in the first embodiment. That is, the length of the reinforcing portion was made equal to the length of the substrate so as to be continuous over the entire length direction of the substrate, and the thickness of the substrate was halved from that of Example 1 above. .
- the substrate was a crystallized glass plate having a width of 500 zm, a thickness of 50 zm, and a length of 1 Omm, and the reinforcing portion was 200 xm in height, 100 ⁇ in width, and 10 mm in length.
- the method of manufacturing the other material actuators was the same as in Example 1 above.
- the maximum amount of deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate due to the weight of the movable member was 25 / m.
- the same sine wave voltage (however, the frequency of 400 Hz) was applied to the first and second electrode layers in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the movable member was moved ⁇ 2 in the width direction of the substrate. Reciprocating movement enabled positioning with an accuracy of less than 100 nm. The reason why the frequency of the sine wave voltage is set to 400 Hz is that operation becomes unstable if the frequency is further increased. After 1000 hours of continuous driving, the positioning accuracy was reduced to 200 nm.
- Example 2 a test was conducted in which the actuator was dropped from a height of 50 cm in a packaged state in the same manner as in Example 1. In addition, cracks occurred at the end of the driving section (substrate or reinforcing section) on the fixing member side.
- the range in which the effects of the present invention can be obtained was clarified by changing the size ratio between the substrate and the reinforcing portion.
- the size of the substrate was 500 ⁇ m in width, 50 ⁇ m in thickness, and 10 mm in length, while the size of the reinforcing portion was changed. That is, a plurality of types of actuators in which the values of ⁇ and are described in the first embodiment are changed are prepared.
- FIG. 3 shows a range in which the effects of the present invention can be obtained.
- the shaded portion in the figure is the range where the effects of the present invention can be obtained.
- the range in which the effect of the present invention can be obtained means that the maximum deflection amount in the thickness direction of the substrate due to the weight is 10 ⁇ m to 500 mg and the maximum movement amount of the movable member is 50 ⁇ m or less.
- the range is 1 ⁇ m or more. Outside this range, the effects of the present invention cannot be sufficiently obtained. That is, if the value of the above-mentioned value is too small (0.05 or less) or the value of ⁇ is too large (10 or more), the rigidity of the reinforcing portion becomes low and the supportability of the movable member becomes insufficient.
- the movable member does not move in the plane, and does not function as a fine movement mechanism that moves in the plane.
- the width of the substrate is equal to or less than the thickness of the substrate, the bending rigidity in the thickness direction becomes larger than the bending rigidity in the width direction of the substrate, and there is no point in providing the reinforcing portion. Also, it was found that if the length of the substrate was smaller than four times the width, the amount of movement of the movable member was too small to be suitable as a fine movement mechanism.
- the materials of the substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2 are changed to metal.
- the drive accuracy of the actuator 11 and the impact resistance characteristics depend on the material and the mounting method of the substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2, and by using a highly ductile metal, the impact resistance characteristics of the actuator 11 (drive portion 10) can be improved.
- the substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2 are made of a metal material as described above
- examples of a method of attaching the reinforcing portion 2 to the substrate 1 include a welding method and a plating method described above. If the reinforcing portion 2 is formed by plating, the mounting accuracy of the reinforcing portion 2 to the substrate 1 can be improved, and the reliability in long-term driving can be improved.
- FIG. 4 shows a drive unit 10 of the actuator according to the fifth embodiment.
- the material of the substrate 1 and the reinforcing unit 2, the mounting position and the mounting method of the reinforcing unit 2 are different from those of the second embodiment. I made it different.
- the substrate 1 is made of a stainless steel (SUS304) plate having a width of 500 ⁇ , a thickness of 50 xm, and a length of 10 mm, and the reinforcing portion 2 is formed of a height of 200 ⁇ m, a width of 100 ⁇ m, It was made of stainless steel (SUS304) with a length of 10 mm. Then, in the same manner as in Example 1, a Pt film was formed as the second electrode layer 6, a PZT thin film was formed as the piezoelectric layer 4 on the Pt film, and a PZT thin film was formed on the PZT thin film.
- SUS304 stainless steel
- a Pt film was formed as the first electrode layer 5, and the Pt film of the first electrode layer 5 was divided into two individual electrodes 5a and 5b of ⁇ 220 ⁇ m and 9.5 mm in length by dry etching. .
- the piezoelectric element 3 was provided on the upper surface of the substrate 1.
- the piezoelectric characteristics of the PZT thin film are different from each other between the upward direction and the downward direction in the thickness direction of the PZT thin film due to the influence of the surface state of the substrate 1, and the upward direction is downward. 30% bigger than that.
- the mounting position of the reinforcing part 2 on the lower surface of the substrate 1 is shifted in the X-axis direction by 40 ⁇ m with respect to the center line C in the width direction of the substrate 1.
- the substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2 were aligned, and their connection portions were fixed by laser welding.
- a fine movement mechanism was configured by fixing one end in the length direction of the substrate 1 to a fixing member and fixing a movable member weighing 200 mg to the other end.
- the maximum deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 due to the weight of the movable member was 20 ⁇ m.
- the second electrode layer 6 is grounded, and the amplitude of the individual electrode 5a of the first electrode layer 5 is 2.5V and offset by 2.5V in the positive direction (that is, from 0V).
- a drive voltage with a frequency of 400 Hz is applied, and the other individual electrode 5b is 180 ° out of phase with the one above-mentioned individual electrode 5a, has an amplitude of 2.5V, and is offset by 2.5V in the negative direction.
- the drive unit of the actuator was driven by applying a drive voltage with a frequency of 400 Hz (which changes from 0 V to 5 V).
- the movable member moved 2.0 ⁇ m in the width direction of the substrate 1 and could be positioned with an accuracy of less than 100 nm. After 1000 hours of continuous driving, the positioning accuracy was reduced to 3 ⁇ 4OOnm. Further, when a test was performed in which the actuator was dropped from a height lm in a state where the actuator was packaged in the same manner as in Example 1, no damage was observed in the actuator, and as a result, the material of the substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2 was changed to metal. It was found that the impact resistance was improved by changing the material.
- the reinforcing portion 2 can be disposed at the center of the lower surface of the substrate 1 in the width direction.
- FIG. 5 shows a method of forming the reinforcing portion 2 in the driving section 10 of the actuator according to the sixth embodiment.
- This embodiment is different from the fifth embodiment in that the reinforcing portion 2 is formed by electric plating. That is, first, a polyimide 16 having a thickness of 5 / m is applied to the outer periphery of the substrate 1 on which the piezoelectric element 3 is provided, and the portion on the lower surface of the substrate 1 where the reinforcing portion 2 is to be attached is removed by patterning (FIG. a)).
- a dry film resist 18 serving as a mold for forming the reinforcing portion 2 is attached, and a portion of the dry film resist 18 forming the reinforcing portion 2 is patterned.
- Jung was removed to form a mold with a cavity with a depth of S200 zm and a width of 50 m (see Fig. 5 (b)).
- the dry film resist 18 was removed with a stripping solution. In this manner, a reinforcing portion 2 made of a sticking material was formed which was directly bonded to the substrate 1 made of a metal material (see FIG. 5 (d)).
- each layer of the substrate 1 and the piezoelectric element 3 and the method of manufacturing the actuator except for the reinforcing portion 2 are the same as in the fifth embodiment.
- a fine movement mechanism was configured by fixing one end in the length direction of the substrate 1 to a fixing member and fixing a movable member weighing 200 mg to the other end.
- the maximum deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate 1 due to the weight of the movable member was 20 ⁇ m.
- the second electrode layer 6 is grounded, and the amplitude of the individual electrode 5a of the first electrode layer 5 is 2.5 V and offset by 2.5 V in the positive direction (that is, from 0 V to 5 V).
- a drive voltage with a frequency of 400 Hz is applied, and the other individual electrode 5b is 180 degrees out of phase with the one individual electrode 5a, has an amplitude of 2.5 V, and is offset by 2.5 V in the negative direction.
- the actuator was driven by applying a drive voltage with a frequency of 400 Hz (which changes from 5 V to 0 V).
- the movable member moved 2.0 am in the width direction of the substrate 1, and the positioning could be performed with an accuracy of 80 nm or less. After 1000 hours of continuous driving, the positioning accuracy was 8 Onm, and the positioning characteristics were not degraded. Furthermore, as in Example 1, a test was conducted in which the actuator was dropped from a height lm in a packaged state, and no damage was observed in the actuator. Therefore, by forming the reinforcing portion 2 made of a plating material directly on the substrate 1 made of a metal material, the impact resistance is improved, and the positioning accuracy is not deteriorated due to long-term driving, and the reliability is improved. I understood that.
- the applied polyimide 16 also functions as a protective layer of the driving unit 10 by covering the outer periphery of the driving unit 10 of the actuator, the defect of the actuator in a later process such as assembly is reduced. .
- the present embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that a silicon substrate is used as a substrate of a drive unit of an actuator and a reinforcing unit is formed by electroless plating, and that 700 actuators are simultaneously manufactured. .
- an alloy film with Ir was formed as a second electrode layer on a 4-inch silicon substrate having a thickness of 525 ⁇ m, and a PZT thin film was formed as a piezoelectric layer on this alloy film. Then, on this PZT thin film, a Pt film was formed as a first electrode layer. Then, the Pt film is divided such that 700 sets of two individual electrodes having a width of 220 ⁇ and a length of 9.5 mm are obtained.
- the substrate was polished from the side opposite to the surface on which the film was formed, until the thickness of the substrate became 50 ⁇ m, and then a reinforcing portion was electrolessly formed on the polished surface.
- a nucleation assisting material-containing layer containing a material that assists nucleation for plating growth when forming by plating is formed by sputtering.
- the material for assisting nucleation is Pd, and the thickness is set.
- a 1 ⁇ m Pd film was formed.
- a mold having a cavity with a depth force of S200zm and a width of 50zm was produced by sticking a dry film resist on the nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer and fluttering it.
- the nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer (Pd film) was formed, a mold was manufactured using a dry film resist. However, the nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer was formed at least between the substrate and the reinforcing portion. Unnecessary portions of the nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer may be removed by etching before forming a dry film resist between them, which does not work. Also, the layer between the substrate and the reinforcing portion does not need to be a single Pd film, and an adhesion layer made of Ti, Cr, or the like may be formed between the substrate and the Pd film. Further, the nucleation auxiliary material-containing layer may be formed of an alloy with another metal, which need not be composed of Pd alone.
- the same actuator as the conventional actuator shown in FIG. 22 was manufactured, and the movable member having the same weight of 200 mg as that in the first embodiment was moved by this actuator. That is, in this comparative example, the movable member is supported by the piezoelectric layer.
- the piezoelectric material of the piezoelectric layer was a sintered body of PZT, and the first and second electrode layers were Pt thin films formed by sputtering.
- the movable member was moved to the piezoelectric layer (fired) as in the second embodiment.
- the PZT sintered body must have a width of 800 ⁇ m, a thickness of 400 ⁇ m, and a length of 25 mm, which are 8 times the thickness and 2.5 times the thickness of Example 2.
- FIG. 6 shows an actuator 11 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, in which a reinforcing portion 2 is integrally formed on a substrate 1.
- a substrate 1 and the reinforcing portion 2 can be easily obtained, for example, by subjecting the silicon substrate 1 to processing such as dry etching.
- the other parts are the same as in the first embodiment (FIG. 1), and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the movable portion is movable by the fine movement mechanism using the actuator 11 of the present embodiment.
- the positioning accuracy and reliability when driving the member are improved.
- a silicon substrate having a thickness of 250 / m was integrally formed by dry etching as a substrate and a reinforcing portion.
- the overall dimensions of the substrate and the reinforcing portion are the same as those in the second embodiment.
- Other materials were the same as in Example 1 above.
- the maximum deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate due to the weight of the movable member was 23 zm. Further, when the movable member was driven in the same manner as in Example 1 described above, the movable member reciprocated ⁇ 2.3 x m in the width direction of the substrate, and could be positioned with an accuracy of 50 nm or less. In addition, there was no deterioration in the accuracy of force positioning after 1000 hours of continuous driving.
- FIG. 7 shows a fine movement mechanism according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- This fine movement mechanism shifts pixels of a camera module including an image sensor and an optical lens for guiding light to the image sensor (the image sensor is an optical lens).
- the image sensor is an optical lens.
- it is most suitable for application to a technique of obtaining a high-resolution image by relatively moving the optical lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical lens.
- this fine movement mechanism is provided with two actuators 11 (in FIG. 7, the sign of one actuator is 1 la and the sign of the other actuator is 1 lb).
- the movable member 13 is supported and driven by the drive unit 10 of the actuators 11.
- Each actuator 11 is configured in the same manner as the actuators 11 of the first to third embodiments, but the first electrode layer 5 is different as described later.
- the fixing member 12 has a plate-like shape extending horizontally, and has a central through-hole formed with a rectangular through-hole 12a penetrating in the thickness direction of the fixing member 12 (that is, upward and downward). Then, the two actuators 11 are fixed at positions near two apexes on the inner surface of the through hole 12a at the opposite corners of the square, respectively, and the drive units 10 of the two actuators 11 are located inside the through hole 12a. 7 extend in parallel with each other in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction at a predetermined interval in the X-axis direction shown in FIG.
- a rectangular movable member 13 is provided between the two actuators 11, and this movable member 13 is provided.
- the mounting portion 13a of the movable member 13 to the actuator 11 is formed so as to protrude from the side surface of the movable member 13 in the X-axis direction.
- the first electrode layer 5 of the drive unit 10 of each of the actuators 11 is different from the above embodiments:! To 3 in that it has four individual electrodes (in FIG. 7, the signs of these four individual electrodes are one of 5a to 5d for the actuator 11a, and 5e to 5h for the other 1 lb actuator.
- the surface areas of these individual electrodes 5a to 5h are all equal.
- two individual electrodes 5a to 5d are arranged in the substrate width direction and the substrate length direction such that the individual electrodes 5a to 5d are located at the vertices of a rectangle when viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate 1.
- the voltages applied to the two individual electrodes 5a, 5c located at the respective points are made equal, and the voltages applied to the two individual electrodes 5b, 5d located at the remaining two vertices are also made equal. I do.
- the voltages applied to the individual electrodes 5a and 5c and the voltages applied to the individual electrodes 5b and 5d have the same magnitude but are opposite in sign.
- the piezoelectric layer 4 the magnitudes of the electric fields applied to the portions corresponding to the two individual electrodes 5a and 5c become the same, and the magnitudes of the electric fields applied to the portions corresponding to the remaining two individual electrodes 5b and 5d become equal.
- the size is also the same.
- the electric field applied to the portions corresponding to the individual electrodes 5a and 5c and the electric field applied to the portions corresponding to the individual electrodes 5b and 5d have the same magnitude and opposite directions.
- the second electrode layer 6 is grounded.
- the electric field is applied to the individual electrodes 5a and 5c.
- the magnitude of the applied voltage and the magnitude of the voltage applied to the individual electrodes 5b and 5d may be different from each other. That is, in accordance with the piezoelectric characteristics of the piezoelectric layer 4, the magnitude of the electric field applied to the portions corresponding to the individual electrodes 5a and 5c and the portions applied to the portions corresponding to the individual electrodes 5b and 5d in the piezoelectric layer 4 The magnitudes of the electric fields are different from each other.
- the individual electrodes 5e to 5h are positioned in the substrate width direction and the substrate length such that the individual electrodes 5e to 5h are respectively located at the vertices of a square when viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate 1.
- the voltages applied to the two individual electrodes 5f and 5h located at the two vertexes at the diagonal of the above-mentioned rectangle are equal.
- the voltages applied to the two individual electrodes 5e and 5g respectively located at the remaining two vertices are made equal.
- the positive and negative voltages of the individual electrodes 5f, 5h and the individual electrodes 5e, 5g are opposite to each other and have the same magnitude.
- the configuration in which the first electrode layer 5 is divided into two individual electrodes 5a and 5b as in One end side is displaced with respect to the other end side in the width direction of the substrate 1 (the X-axis direction shown in FIG. 8A) along an arc-shaped locus.
- the movable member 13 attached to the other end of the substrate 1 also has an arc-shaped track.
- the substrate 1 is drawn and moved (rotated around an axis extending in the vertical direction), so that the substrate 1 is moved not only in the width direction but also in the length direction (Y-axis direction). Since the amount of movement is very small, it usually does not matter.
- the rotations of the actuators 11 around the axes extending in the upward and downward directions interfere with each other, and the movable member 13 moves.
- the amount decreases.
- the moving trajectory of the movable member 13 needs to be a straight line, not an arc.
- the first electrode layer 5 is divided into four individual electrodes 5a to 5d, and the second electrode layer 6 is grounded, and the individual electrode layers 6 are grounded.
- the positive and negative voltages are applied to 5a, 5c and the individual electrodes 5b, 5d.
- the actuator 11a is moved from the thickness direction of the substrate 1 as shown in FIG.
- the substrate 1 is bent in the width direction so that two inflection points are formed in the middle portion in the length direction, and the tip of the driving section 10 of the actuator 11a is linearly formed in the width direction of the substrate 1. It will move along.
- the drive unit 10 of the actuator 11b is also operated in the same manner as the drive unit 10 of the actuator 11a in order to cooperate with the drive unit 10 of the actuator 11a (to move the movable member 13 in the same direction).
- a negative voltage is applied to the individual electrodes 5a and 5c of the actuator 11a and a positive voltage is applied to the individual electrodes 5b and 5d
- a positive voltage is applied to the individual electrodes 5e and 5g of the actuator lib.
- the number of divisions of the first electrode layer 5 is not limited to four, and even if it is larger (an even number is preferable), the tip of the driving unit 10 of the actuator 11 is It can be moved along a straight line in the width direction.
- FIG. 9A is an enlarged view of the image sensor.
- this imaging device 15 a large number of light receiving sections 15a are arranged in a plurality of rows.
- An electric circuit (not shown) and the like are arranged around the light receiving section 15a, and therefore, the light receiving section 15a is not arranged in the whole area of the image pickup device 15.
- a high-resolution image can be obtained.
- This method is called pixel shift, and can obtain an image similar to that obtained when an image is acquired by a high-resolution image sensor. It can be considered that there is a pseudo high-resolution image sensor.
- the actuator 11 can be made thinner and smaller, so that the camera module with the pixel shifting function can be made thinner and smaller.
- FIG. 9B shows a case where a high-resolution image having twice the number of pixels is obtained by using the above-described fine movement mechanism for moving (finely moving) the movable member 13 (the imaging element 15) in one axis direction.
- 9 schematically shows a change in the position of the light receiving section 15a.
- the light receiving unit 15a is located at a position indicated by "1" in the figure, and an image is captured by the light receiving unit 15a at the position of "1".
- the image sensor 15 is slightly moved in the direction of arrow A in the figure so that the light receiving section 15a is located at the position "2" in the figure, and the image is received by the light receiving section 15a at the position "2". Take in. Then, by combining these two images, a high-resolution image having twice the number of pixels can be obtained.
- the electrode configuration of the drive unit of the actuator of the eighth embodiment is changed to the four-part configuration shown in the fourth embodiment, and the two fine actuators shown in FIG. 7 are used by using two actuators.
- the reinforcing portion is formed integrally with the silicon substrate by etching the silicon substrate.
- the fixed member and the movable member were formed integrally with the substrate together with the reinforcing portion.
- the substrate, the reinforcing portion, the fixed member, and the movable member were integrally formed by subjecting a silicon substrate to dry etching mainly using a fluorine-based gas.
- the substrate of the drive unit of each actuator is 700 ⁇ m wide, 50 ⁇ m thick, and 12 mm long, and the neuter part is 250 ⁇ m high, 70 ⁇ m wide, It was 12mm long.
- the first electrode layer was divided into four individual electrodes similarly to the actuator of Embodiment 4 described above, and each of the divided electrodes was 320 xm in width and 5.5 mm in length.
- the fine movement mechanism was configured such that the weight of the movable member attached to the drive units of the two actuators was 200 mg. At this time, the maximum deflection in the thickness direction of the substrate due to the weight of the movable member was 15 m. Then, in each actuator, while applying a voltage of 5 V to two individual electrodes located at two vertexes at opposite corners of the rectangle, and applying a voltage of 15 V to the remaining two individual electrodes, the movable member becomes 1. It moved along a straight line in the board width direction. By supporting the movable member with the two actuators in this way, the deflection in the thickness direction (vertical direction) of the substrate could be more effectively suppressed.
- FIG. 10 shows an image sensor fine movement mechanism of the camera module according to the tenth embodiment.
- the image sensor 15 is provided on the movable member 13 of the fine movement mechanism of the ninth embodiment, and the image sensor 15 is fixed to the fixing member 12 (optical lens). Is moved in one axis direction (X-axis direction in Fig. 10) perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical lens to obtain a high-resolution image with twice the number of pixels.
- the imaging element 15 is the same as that shown in Fig. 9 (a), and has a pixel pitch (interval between the adjacent light receiving units 15a) of 2 / m.
- the image pickup device 15 was mounted on the movable member 13 such that the diagonal direction of the pixel (A direction in FIG. 9B) coincides with the moving direction of the fine movement mechanism (X-axis direction in FIG. 10). Further, an optical lens for guiding light to the image pickup device 15 was arranged on the near side of the image pickup device 15 in FIG. This optical lens was arranged such that its optical axis extended in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG.
- the voltage applied to the individual electrodes is determined using a trapezoidal wave as shown in Fig. 11. went.
- the horizontal axis is time
- the vertical axis is voltage.
- the image sensor is 1 in the diagonal direction of the pixel. • Since it is only necessary to move 4 / im, apply a voltage that changes between 2.5V and 2.5V of waveform 19 to individual electrodes 5a, 5c (5f, 5h), and apply individual electrodes 5b, 5d (5e, 5g). Was added to the waveform 19 and the waveform 20 which is 180 degrees out of phase. As a result, the pixels can be uniformly shifted over the entire area of the image sensor, and a high-quality and high-resolution image can be obtained.
- the first image is shot in a shooting period T1 in Fig. 11 (a period in which the voltage is constant and the movable member is stationary).
- the second image was taken during a shooting period T2 (similar to the shooting period T1, in which the voltage is constant and the movable member is in a stationary state).
- the interval at which images can be taken depends on the operation speed of the fine movement mechanism. In this embodiment, the limit is 2.5 ms (400 Hz).
- a plurality of drive units 10 are provided to provide a more sophisticated actuator 11.
- a plurality of substrates 1 on which the reinforcing portions 2 are provided face in the same direction and are parallel to each other in the substrate width direction (FIG. 12 (a)).
- these drive units 10 are connected to each other via connecting members 23a and 23b at both ends of the drive unit 10 (substrate 1 or reinforcement unit 2) in the substrate length direction. Connect in parallel with each other.
- FIG. 12 (b) a plurality of (two in FIG.
- drive units 10 are provided in which the surface of the substrate 1 on which the reinforcing portions 2 are provided faces in the same direction.
- the units 10 are connected in series with each other via a connecting member 23c at an end of the driving unit 10 (the substrate 1 or the reinforcing unit 2) in the substrate length direction.
- three or more drive units 10 may be provided and these drive units 10 may be connected in parallel or in series.
- the connecting members 23a, 23b, 23c may directly connect the substrates 1 or the reinforcing portions 2 of the plurality of driving units 10 as necessary.
- the actuator 11 of the present invention as the width of the substrate 1 is reduced, the bending rigidity in the width direction of the substrate 1 is reduced, and the displacement is increased. However, if the width of the substrate 1 is too small, the bending stiffness of the substrate 1 in the width direction becomes too small, and the resonance characteristics of the substrate 1 in the width direction are reduced. Even if the voltage applied to 6 is changed at a high speed to drive the driving unit at a high speed, the deformation of the substrate does not immediately follow the change in the voltage, and the driving cannot be performed at a high speed. Depending on the device to which Factor 11 applies, Although the required degree of the driving speed is different, it is needless to say that it is preferable that the displacement amount is large and the driving speed is high.
- the displacement can maintain the same characteristics as in the case where the width of the substrate 1 is reduced, and increase the bending stiffness of the substrate 1 in the width direction. As a result, high-speed movement is possible.
- the tip of the driving unit 10 of the actuator 11 moves along a circular locus, Depending on the configuration of the fine movement mechanism, a malfunction may occur.
- the driving unit 10 is hardly deformed in the length direction.
- the force S can restrict the deformation direction to the width direction of the substrate only.
- FIG. 13A shows an actuator 11 according to the eleventh embodiment.
- the actuator 11 includes two driving units 10 in which the surface of the substrate 1 on which the reinforcing unit 2 is provided faces in the same direction and is arranged in parallel with the substrate width direction at an interval of 200 ⁇ .
- the shape of the driving unit 10 is the same as that of the actuator of the ninth embodiment. Then, these two driving units 10 were connected in parallel to each other at both ends of the driving unit 10 in the substrate length direction via connecting members 23a and 23b.
- the connecting member 23a is formed integrally with the substrate 1 of the two driving parts 10, and the connecting member 23b is formed by fixing the reinforcing part 2 of the two driving parts 10 to a portion extending toward the connecting member 23b. is there.
- the connecting member 23a can also serve as a fixed member, and the connecting member 23b can also serve as a movable member. Therefore, the drive unit 10 of the actuator 11 was driven as a fine movement mechanism. That is, a voltage of the same magnitude is applied to the individual electrodes 5a of the two drive units 10, and a voltage of the same magnitude is applied to the individual electrodes 5b of the two drive units 10 (the same magnitude and positive When a negative voltage is applied, as shown in FIG. Although the portion describes an arc-shaped trajectory, the connecting member 23b has moved along a straight line in the board width direction due to the deformation of the extension of the reinforcing portion 2.
- the weight of the connecting member 23b was 200 mg, and the amount of deflection of each drive unit 10 in the substrate thickness direction was 13 x m. Then, when a drive test was performed at the same drive voltage as in Example 1 while changing the drive frequency, the amount of movement of the connecting member 23b was ⁇ 2. Oxm, and the operation was stable up to a drive frequency of 700 Hz. could be done. In addition, the positioning accuracy, long-term drive characteristics, and impact resistance characteristics were the same as those in Example 2 described above.
- the actuator 11 in which the plurality of driving units 10 were connected in parallel could increase the driving frequency. Also, it was found that when this actuator 11 was used for the fine movement mechanism, the movable member could be moved along a straight line.
- FIG. 14 shows an image sensor fine movement mechanism of a camera module according to Embodiment 12.
- the two actuators 11 (11a, lib) of Embodiment 10 are respectively shown in FIG.
- the interval between the two drive units 10 of each actuator 11 was set to 300 / im, and the size, electrode configuration, drive voltage, and the like of the other drive units 10 of each actuator 11 were the same as in the tenth embodiment.
- the fixing member 12 also serves as a connecting member on the fixing member side.
- the connecting member 23a on the movable member side connects the opposing side surfaces at the longitudinal ends of the two driving units 10 on the substrate 1.
- the movable member 13 is directly fixed to the substrate 1 of the drive unit 10 located close to and on the side of the movable member 13, and the drive unit located far from the movable member 13. It is indirectly fixed to the ten substrates 1.
- the movable member 13 may be fixed to the connecting member 23a. In short, the movable member 13 may be fixed to the two driving units 10 directly or indirectly.
- the shooting time interval power (lms dOOOHz) can be shortened, shooting can be performed at shorter time intervals, and a higher quality high resolution image can be obtained.
- the shooting time interval power (lms dOOOHz) can be shortened, shooting can be performed at shorter time intervals, and a higher quality high resolution image can be obtained.
- FIG. 15 shows a fine movement mechanism according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.
- two drive units 10 in FIG. This is constituted by an actuator 11 having a reference numeral 10a for one drive unit and a reference numeral 10b for the other drive unit.
- the two drive units 10 extend in directions orthogonal to each other when viewed from the substrate thickness direction, and the end of one drive unit 10a opposite to the connecting member 23c is fixed.
- the movable member 13 is fixed to the member 12 and is fixed to an end of the other drive unit 10b opposite to the connecting member 23c.
- the displacement generated in each drive unit 10 is combined to move the movable member 13. It can be moved two-dimensionally in a given plane. Then, when the two drive units 10 are connected so as to be orthogonal to each other as in the present embodiment, it is possible to easily control the drive of the movable member 13 in two orthogonal directions orthogonal to each other.
- the movement of the movable member 13 in the X-axis direction is performed only by the control of the driving unit 10 (the driving unit 10a on the fixed member side) extending in the Y-axis direction, and the movement in the Y-axis direction is controlled by the driving unit extending in the X-axis direction.
- This can be performed by controlling only the unit 10 (the driving unit 1 Ob on the movable member side).
- two adjacent drive units 10 may be extended in directions orthogonal to each other when viewed from the substrate thickness direction.
- FIG. 16 shows the position of the light receiving unit 15a when a high-resolution image with four times the number of pixels is obtained by using a fine movement mechanism for moving the movable member 13 (image sensor) in two orthogonal directions. change Is schematically shown. First, when the light receiving unit 15a is at the position indicated by "1" in the figure, the image is captured, and then the light receiving unit 15a is moved in the X-axis direction by the fine movement mechanism. It is moved to the position “2” in the same figure, and the second image is captured by the light receiving unit 15a at the position “2”.
- the light receiving unit 15a is moved by the fine movement mechanism in the Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction to the position of “3” in the figure, and the light receiving unit 15a at the position of “3” is moved to the third position. Then, the light receiving unit 15a is moved by the fine movement mechanism in the X-axis direction (opposite to the movement from “1” to “2”) to the position “4” in the figure. The fourth image is captured by the light receiving section 15a at the position of “4”. Then, by combining these four images, a high-resolution image with four times the number of pixels can be obtained. In addition, by controlling the position of the image sensor more finely, an image with higher resolution can be obtained.
- FIG. 17 shows a camera module that can move an imaging element 15 provided on the upper surface of a movable member 13 with respect to a fixed member 12 (that is, an optical lens) in two directions perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical lens.
- 4 shows a Yule image sensor fine movement mechanism.
- This fine movement mechanism is such that the movable member 13 is supported and driven by two actuators 11, as in the tenth embodiment.
- Each of the actuators 11 is connected in series so as to extend in a direction orthogonal to each other, similarly to the actuator 11 of FIG. 15 (in the present embodiment, the substrates 1 are directly connected without interposing a connecting member.
- It has two drive units 10 (10a, 10b). Further, the first electrode layer 5 of each drive unit 10 is divided into four individual electrodes 5a to 5d as in the tenth embodiment.
- one end of one driving unit 10a in the length direction of the substrate 1 is fixed to a fixing member 12 similar to that of the tenth embodiment, and the other driving unit is connected to the other driving unit.
- One end in the length direction of the substrate 1 of 10b is fixed, and the mounting portion 13a of the movable member 13 is mounted and fixed to the other end of the other driving portion 1 Ob in the length direction of the substrate 1.
- one of the driving units 10a extends in the X-axis direction shown in FIG. 17, while the other driving unit 10b extends in the Y-axis direction perpendicular to the one driving unit 10a. Extending.
- the movable member 13 (imaging element 15) is moved in the Y-axis direction by driving the one drive unit 10a, and the movable member 13 is moved in the X-axis direction by driving the other drive unit 10b. To be moved. This allows the movable member 13 can be moved in two directions, the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.
- each of the actuators 11 it is not always necessary that the two driving units 10a and 10b extend in directions perpendicular to each other. Even when the angle between the two driving units 10a and 10b is not a right angle, the movable member 13 can be moved in an arbitrary direction in a predetermined plane by driving the two driving units 10a and 10b in cooperation. Can be moved.
- an image sensor fine movement mechanism of a camera module similar to that of FIG. 17 was manufactured.
- the substrate, the reinforcing portion, the fixed member, and the movable member were integrally formed by performing dry etching on the silicon substrate in the same manner as in Example 10.
- the drive unit of each actuator was the same as that in the tenth embodiment.
- FIG. 18 illustrates an optical lens fine movement mechanism of the camera module according to the fourteenth embodiment.
- the optical lens is moved instead of moving the image sensor.
- the movable member 13 is made of a material that transmits light
- the optical lens 7 is fixed on the movable member 13.
- the optical axis of the optical lens 7 extends in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG.
- an image pickup device having a light receiving portion for receiving the light passing through the optical lens 7 was arranged on the back side of the optical lens 7 in FIG. 18 and fixed indirectly to the fixing member 12.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the twelfth embodiment.
- the optical lens 7 is moved in two axial directions perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical lens 7 with respect to the fixing member 12 (that is, the image sensor) (the X-axis direction and (The axial direction) to obtain a high-resolution image with four times the number of pixels. Since the weight of the optical lens 7 is about 1/10 of that of the image sensor, the drive power of the actuator is smaller than when the image sensor is moved, and the optical lens 7 can be operated at higher speed. Image quality could be further improved.
- FIG. 19 illustrates an imaging element fine movement mechanism of the camera module according to the fifteenth embodiment.
- a fine movement mechanism is configured using four actuators 11 similar to the actuator 11 of the sixth embodiment. That is, this fine movement mechanism includes two actuator 11a having a fixed member-side drive unit 10a extending in the X-axis direction and a movable member-side drive unit 10b extending in the Y-axis direction, and a fixed member side extending in the Y-axis direction. And a drive unit 10d on the movable member side extending in the X-axis direction.
- the driving unit 10b of the two actuators 11a and the driving unit 10c of the two actuators ib are moved in a coordinated manner to move in the Y-axis direction.
- the drive units 10a of the two actuators 11a and the drive units 10d of the two actuators ib are moved in a coordinated manner.
- the driving members 10a and 10c on the fixed member side and the driving members on the movable member side are used.
- the length and width of the substrate 1 are different between the portions 10b and 10d. Specifically, in the driving units 11a and 11c, the length of the substrate 1 is 10 mm and the width is 800 / im, and in the driving units lib and lid, the length of the substrate 1 is 9 mm and the width is 400 ⁇ m. ⁇ .
- the movable member 13 could be moved in the X-axis direction and the ⁇ -axis direction by ⁇ 1. 1. ⁇ ⁇ , respectively.
- the pixel pitch of the image sensor to 4 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ and moving the fine movement mechanism and photographing four images, a high-resolution image with four times the number of pixels could be obtained.
- FIG. 20 shows a configuration of a fine movement mechanism according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.
- the actuator 11 of the fine movement mechanism can be particularly suitably used for a camera shake correction mechanism that moves an image sensor, an optical lens, and the like so as to cancel a camera shake detected by an angular velocity sensor.
- the actuator 11 for increasing the moving amount of the movable member 13 is provided with a plurality of (four in FIG. 20) drive units 10 and the plurality of drive units 10 are provided.
- the moving parts 10 are arranged in a state where the surfaces of the substrate 1 on which the reinforcing parts 2 are provided face in the same direction and are parallel to each other in the substrate width direction. The ends of the substrate in the longitudinal direction are connected in series to each other via a connecting member 23c.
- an end of the drive unit 10 located at one end that is not connected to the adjacent drive unit 10 is fixed to the fixing member 12, and is connected to an adjacent drive unit 10 of the drive unit 10 located at the other end.
- the movable member 13 is fixed to the other end.
- the driving unit 10 and the fixing member 12 located at one end are connected to each other via a connecting member 23d similar to the connecting member 23c connecting the two adjacent driving units 10 to each other.
- the drive unit 10 and the movable member 13, which are fixed and located at the other end, are also connected and fixed to each other via the connection member 23e.
- the moving amount of the movable member 13 in the X-axis direction can be changed by the displacement of all the driving units 10 in the substrate width direction.
- the amount can be the same as the sum of the amounts, and the moving amount of the movable member 13 can be considerably increased.
- the width of the driving unit 10 is smaller than the total length of all the driving units 10, it is difficult to operate the movable member 13 at high speed as described in the fifth embodiment. However, in image stabilization, it is generally sufficient to be able to drive with a voltage at a frequency of about 100 Hz, even if the operation is slower than in the case of pixel shift.
- FIG. 21 shows an image pickup device fine movement mechanism of a camera module constituted by using six actuators 11 of the fine movement mechanism shown in FIG.
- the fine movement mechanism includes a movable member 13 and an intermediate member 14 disposed in a through hole 12a of a fixed member 12, and six actuators 11 described above.
- the movable member 13 includes an image sensor 15 similar to the fine movement mechanism in FIG. 17, and is disposed in a through hole 14a provided in the center of the intermediate member 14.
- Two of the six actuators 11 (in FIG. 21, the symbols of these two actuators are denoted by 11a) are used to move the movable member 13 in the X-axis direction in FIG.
- the remaining four (in FIG. 21, these four actuators are denoted by lib) are used to move the movable member 13 in the Y-axis direction in FIG.
- the actuator 11a is provided in the through hole 14a with the movable portion.
- One of the actuators 11a is disposed at one end on each side of the member 13 in the X-axis direction, and the drive unit 10 located at one end of the actuator 11a is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 14a of the intermediate member 14, and the other end is attached to the other end.
- the movable member 13 is fixed to the driving unit 10 located.
- the intermediate member 14 corresponds to the fixing member 12 of the fine movement mechanism in FIG. 20 with respect to the actuator 11a.
- two actuators Lib are arranged on both outer sides in the Y-axis direction of the intermediate member 14 in the through hole 12a, and a driving unit located at one end of each actuator Lib. 10 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 12a of the fixing member 12, and the intermediate member 14 is fixed to the driving unit 10 located at the other end.
- the intermediate member 14 corresponds to the movable member 13 of the fine movement mechanism in FIG. 20 with respect to the actuator lib.
- the movable member 13 is moved in the X-axis direction with respect to the intermediate member 14 by driving the respective drive units 10 of the two actuators 11a, and the intermediate member is driven by the respective drive units 10 of the four actuators Lib. 14 is moved in the Y-axis direction with respect to the fixing member 12.
- the movable member 13 (imaging element 15) is moved relative to the fixed member 12 (that is, the optical lens) by driving the respective drive units 10 of the six actuators 11 cooperatively. It can be moved in the axial direction (X-axis direction and Y-axis direction). Since the amount of movement of the movable member 13 (imaging element 15) is considerably large as described above, the camera shake is corrected by moving the movable member 13 so as to cancel the camera shake detected by the angular velocity sensor. It becomes possible.
- an actuator having a fine movement mechanism similar to that of FIG. 20 was manufactured.
- the substrate of each drive unit in each actuator was 10 mm in length, 500 ⁇ in width, and 50 zm in thickness.
- the reinforcing portion had a height of 200 zm, a width of 50 zm, and a length of 10 mm, and each of the four individual electrodes of the first electrode layer had a size of 4.5 mm in length and 220 zm in width.
- the other parts of each driving unit were the same as those in the above-described Example 2.
- the actuator according to the present invention is useful for a fine movement mechanism for moving an image sensor or an optical lens to perform camera shake correction in a camera module, and a minute positioning mechanism for a reading head of a hard disk or an optical disk. Or, it is also useful for a drive mechanism of a micro mirror or a micro shutter.
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