Patent ID: 7196830
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical deflector comprising: a support substrate, wherein a movable member of said optical deflector is swingingly supported by said support substrate through at least two elastic support members; a reflective face, said reflective face (a) being provided on said movable member, and (b) deflecting light incident thereon when said movable member is swung relatively to said support substrate; and a mounting structure for fixing said support substrate thereto, wherein a neutral surface of bending in a direction of a normal to said reflective face in said movable member is not present in the same plane as neutral surfaces of bending in a direction of a normal to said reflective face in said elastic support members, and wherein said support substrate is fixed to said mounting structure at a face of said support substrate on a side of the neutral surface in said movable member opposite to a side of the neutral surfaces in said elastic support members.