Patent ID: 8537446

Claim:
A system for reflecting or redirecting incident light, microwave or sound energy, comprising: (a) a first substrate configured to hingedly support a large tilt angle micromirror array comprising a plurality of reflective elements that are adapted to be angularly displaced through a range of substantially 90 degrees in response to a reflector angle control signal; (b) a central or remote controller programmed to generate said reflector angle control signal to achieve a selected incident energy beam or wavefront redirection; (c) wherein said reflective elements comprise MEMS minor elements hingedly attached to said first substrate at a proximal edge and defining a reflective surface with a distal edge opposite said proximal edge; (d) wherein said MEMS minor elements each carry a central hinge positioned between said proximal edge and said distal edge, said central hinge being configured to hingedly retain a tail member having a hinge end opposite a movable base; (e) and wherein said first substrate also includes a slider rail region for each mirror element tail member, said slider region being configured to slidably receive, engage and support said mirror element tail member in one of a selected plurality of tail member positions, such that each mirror element tail member position within said substrate's slider region corresponds with a defined mirror element angular displacement.