A molecular machine comprising a movement part (2) including a first molecular element (4), a second molecular element (5), and a linking element (6) for constraining a relative movement of the first molecular element (4) and the second molecular element (5), and a control part configured to generate an electrical field around the movement part (2), wherein the first molecular element (4) is fixed relative to the control part, wherein the second molecular element (5) is movable relative to the first molecular element (4) in at least one degree of freedom, and wherein the second molecular element (5) is electrically charged such that the second molecular element (5) aligns to said electrical field.

A display device and a display method thereof, and a display equipment are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel and a light transmittance adjusting layer, the display panel includes a plurality of pixel regions, the light transmittance adjusting layer is stacked with the display panel, and the light transmittance adjusting layer is configured to adjust display brightness of the plurality of pixel regions.

The improved scanning MEMS mirror device disclosed herein comprises a mirror body that is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to a stationary body, wherein a rotation of the mirror body is flexibly restrained with at least one coupling element that biases the mirror body towards a neutral state. The coupling element comprises at least a bridge section and a first leaf spring section and a second leaf spring section. The first leaf spring section extends in an extension direction from a first end thereof at the bridge section towards a second end thereof that is connected to the mirror body. The second leaf spring section extends in an extension direction from a first end thereof at the bridge section towards a second end thereof where it is connected to the stationary body. The extension direction of the first leaf spring section and the extension direction of the second leaf spring section are at least substantially the same as the second planar direction. The leaf spring sections have a thickness defined in a direction orthogonal to the reference plane that is smaller than their width, defined in said first planar direction. The construction of the improved scanning MEMS mirror device results in an increased eigenfrequency of undesirable eigenmodes.

A method for manufacturing a device having a three-dimensional magnetic structure includes applying or introducing magnetic particles onto or into a carrier element. A plurality of at least partly interconnected cavities are formed between the magnetic particles, which contact one another at points of contact, by coating the arrangement of magnetic particles and the carrier. The cavities are penetrated at least partly by the layer generated when coating, resulting in the three-dimensional magnetic structure. A conductor loop arrangement is provided on the carrier or a further carrier. When a current flows through the conductor loop, an inductance of the conductor loop is changed by the three-dimensional magnetic structure, or a force acts on the three-dimensional magnetic structure or the conductor loop by a magnetic field caused by the current flow, or when the position of the three-dimensional magnetic structure is changed, a current flow is induced through the conductor loop.

Disclosed is a force transfer device that includes a first body that has a first body frame that defines a first chamber and at least one gear element. The gear element has a central gear element region. A first membrane is affixed to a surface of the first body frame, the membrane covering the chamber and having an annular aperture enclosing a central region of the membrane that is affixed to the central gear element region of the gear element. The disclosed force transfer device can be axle or shaft based. Also disclosed in a micro electrostatic motor that includes a motor body having a first and a second face, the motor body defining a chamber and a rotor having a central region. A membrane is disposed over the first face of the motor body, the membrane supporting a pair of spaced electrodes that are electrically isolated by a gap, the membrane having an annular aperture that defines a central region of the membrane that is coupled to the central region of the rotor. The force transfer device can be driven by the electrostatic motor.

A display device and a display method thereof, and a display equipment are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel and a light transmittance adjusting layer, the display panel includes a plurality of pixel regions, the light transmittance adjusting layer is stacked with the display panel, and the light transmittance adjusting layer is configured to adjust display brightness of the plurality of pixel regions.

The present invention provides a linear actuator. The linear actuator includes: a substrate having a cavity; a first fixed electrode structure fixed on the substrate; an elastic linkage; and a movable electrode structure connected to the substrate through the elastic linkage, wherein: the cavity has a first area; at least one of the first fixed electrode structure and the movable electrode structure has a second projection area on the substrate; and the first area and the second projection area overlap. The linear actuator allows the making of an out-of-plane linear motion motor with a large motion stroke, the robustness of impact, the easy removal of residual process contaminants, an improvement of the efficiency of electrical-to-mechanical energy conversion and the off-axis motion decoupling of movable comb structure.

A micro-electromechanical actuating device is disclosed. The micro-electromechanical actuating device includes a substrate having a cavity having a first area; a fixing portion disposed on the substrate; a first frame disposed around the fixing portion; and an elastic element connecting the first frame and the fixing portion, and causing the first frame to be suspended above the substrate, wherein the first frame has a projecting area onto the substrate; and the first area and the projecting area have an overlapping portion.

A light sensing apparatus is disclosed. The light sensing apparatus, includes a sensor configured for sensing a light; an in-plane motion motor, including a circuit board having a first bottom base with an central cavity and a circuit board frame disposed thereon, wherein the first bottom base has a first bottom surface; a lead frame disposed inside the central cavity and having a second bottom surface; and an in-plane motion actuator having a movable inner frame and a fixed outer frame both allocated in a reference plane, wherein the movable inner frame moves along at least one of two directions perpendicular to each other and parallel to the first bottom surface; and an out-of-plane motion motor, including: a base plate having a base plate surface and a base plate frame disposed on a periphery of the base plate surface; four single-axis actuators disposed on the base plate surface, each of which has an actuating end, and each of which moves the respective actuating end along a direction perpendicular to the base plate surface, wherein the first bottom surface is attached to the base plate frame, and the second bottom surface is attached to the four actuating ends.

The present invention provides a tunable spectrum sensing device. The tunable spectrum sensing device includes: a device body; an out-of-plane motion motor mounted on the device body and including: a base having a normal direction; and a single-axis actuator having a motion direction parallel to the normal direction, and including: a substrate with an electronic element; and an actuating end driven by the electronic element; a first glass mounted on and moved by the actuating end; and a second glass mounted on the device body. The out-of-plane motion motor can keep an object at a specific rotation angle, position the object at a specific out-of-plane displacement or be programmed for the object to perform a specific scan trajectory motion. The out-of-plane motion motor also has a large motion stroke, and thus, there is no need to use multiple tunable spectrum sensing devices to satisfy the spectral bandwidth requirement.