Reduced voltage artificial eyelid for protection of optical sensors

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4695, Issue , 2002, Pages 451-458

  Goodwin Johansson, Scott ^a   Davidson, Mark ^b   Dausch, David ^a   Holloway, Paul H ^b   McGuire, Gary ^a  

^a MCNC   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Curled films; Electrostatics; MEMS; Optical shutters; Transparent electrodes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; INSULATING MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SHUTTERS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0036028453     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475193     Document Type: Article

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