MEMS-based Laser Beam Scanning Technology Platform; Basis for Applications from Displays to 3D Sensors and 3D Printers
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The document discusses a MEMS-based laser beam scanning technology platform developed by Microvision, Inc., highlighting its applications in displays, 3D sensors, and 3D printers. It addresses the challenges of decreasing average selling prices and increasing development costs while proposing strategies to create value through a platform approach that supports multiple applications. The summary includes various applications of the technology, including pico projectors, augmented reality eyewear, and interactive projection systems.
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Business Challenge: Increasing Development Cost
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MEMS-based Laser Beam Scanning Technology Platform; Basis for Applications from Displays to 3D Sensors and 3D Printers
- 1. Don’t just think outside the box. See outside the box. MEMS-based Laser Beam Scanning Technology Platform; Basis for Applications from Displays to 3D Sensors and 3D Printers Jari Honkanen April 27, 2017
- 2. 5/18/20172 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Outline Problem Statement Why Platform Strategy? What is Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) Technology? 9 Laser Beam Scanning Applications Wrap-up
- 3. 3 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS Business Challenge: Decreasing Average Selling Price $0.00 $0.50 $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 MEMSASP Year MEMS Average Selling Price (ASP) 2000-2020 Source: Yole Developpment
- 4. 4 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Business Challenge: Increasing Development Cost [Above illustrative Data for ASICs] Source: http://archive.cotsjournalonline.com
- 5. 5 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Business Challenge Lower Prices … Lower Contribution Margin … and … Higher Development Costs Need huge volumes to justify development and to achieve positive ROI Are there markets large enough to produce needed volumes? Any strategies how to buck the trend?
- 6. 6 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 6 Commodity - $0.05 Goods - $0.25 Service - $1.50 Experience - $4 Component Feature Application or System Platform Value How to increase value? Food for thought …
- 7. 7 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 A group of technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications are developed
- 8. 8 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2014. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 MEMS Platform & ASIC Platform for Laser Beam Scanning Engine MEMS Mirror Analog & Digital ASICs Application Software Laser Diodes Optical Elements Electronics Laser Beam Scanning Engine Embedded FW Integrated Photonics Module Electronics Module
- 9. MEMS Laser Beam Scanning Technology Creating Applications One Pixel at a Time
- 10. 10 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 Laser Beam Scanning Bi-axial MEMS Mirror Platform Flexures PZRs Coil Mirror ~Φ1mm
- 11. 11 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 SLOW SCAN AXIS (Vertical） FAST SCAN AXIS (Horizontal） Laser Beam Scanning Technology - MEMS
- 12. 12 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 Laser Beam Laser Beam Scanning Technology – MEMS Horizontal Scan
- 13. 13 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 Laser Beam Scanning Technology – MEMS Vertical Scan
- 14. 14 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2013. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Coil Vertical Drive Input (Ramp Drive) Magnetic Field Laser Beam Scanning Technology – MEMS Electromagnetic Actuation
- 15. 15 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2013. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Coil Horizontal Drive Input (Sinusoidal drive) Fast scan resonant scanner f = 26.5 ～ 29.0 kHz Magnetic Field Laser Beam Scanning Technology – MEMS Electromagnetic Actuation
- 16. Laser Beam Scanning Applications
- 17. 17 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Disclosure The following presents 9 LBS applications as “food for though” demonstrating how to a single MicroVision platform MEMS design has been utilized for multiple applications Applications are presented at the high level of abstraction focusing to the MEMS-based Laser Beam Scanning part of the system Rest of the System complexities have been severely simplified or simply omitted
- 19. 19 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Laser Beam Scanning for Displays – How it works Red laser Green laserBlue laser 2D MEMS Micro mirror Raster Scan
- 20. 20 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 PicoP® Scanning Technology - Projection DisplayRaster ScanLaser Beam Scanning for Displays – How it works
- 21. 22 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: Pico Projector 3 Laser RGB Pico Projector 5 Laser RRGGB Pico Projector + + Image Source: Sony Corp. Platform MEMS RGB Laser Diodes Platform MEMS RRGGB Laser Diodes
- 22. 23 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: 3D Pico Projector + + Platform MEMS RGB Laser Diodes
- 23. 24 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: Heads-Up Display (HUD) Aftermarket HUD Original Equipment (Embedded) HUD Relay Optics + Platform MEMS RGB Laser Diodes +
- 24. 25 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: Augmented Reality Eyewear Relay Optics ++ Viewing OpticsPlatform MEMS RGB Laser Diodes +
- 26. 27 MICROVISION, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5/18/2017 Red laser Green laser Blue laser 2D MEMS Micro mirror IR laser IR Photodetector Laser Beam Scanning with Sensing – How does it work • X,Y location of object known because of knowledge of MEMS pointing angle. • Z determined by Time-of-Flight
- 27. 28 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: Interactive Projection + IR + IR Photodetector Platform MEMS RGBIr Laser Diodes
- 28. 29 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: Interactive AR Eyewear + IR + IR Photodetector + Beam Splitter AR Display Gesture Field Platform MEMS RGBIr Laser Diodes
- 29. 30 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: Mid-range LiDAR + IR + IR PhotodetectorPlatform MEMS IR Laser Diode
- 31. 32 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: 3D Printing + UV a) UV MEMS Scanner b) UV curable resin c) Transparent tank bottom d) Solidified resin e) Lifting platform Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing Platform MEMS UV Laser Diode
- 32. 33 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 MEMS-based LBS Application: OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) + + + Image Source: Utku Baran, Wei Wei, Jingjiang Xu, Xiaoli Qi, Wyatt O. Davis, Ruikang K. Wang, “Video-rate volumetric optical coherence tomography-based microangiography,” Optial Engineering 55(4), 040503 (2016), doi: 10.1117/1.OE.55.4.040503. Beam Splitters IR Photodetector Platform MEMS 1300nm IR Laser Diode
- 33. Wrap-up
- 34. 35 MICROVISION, INC. COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.5/18/2017 Summary Produce MEMS, Sell Systems Images Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar Think platform to increase value, lifetime, and number of applications for your MEMS device. But stay within reason, do not try to target too many non synergistic applications or markets 1961 Amphicar – Drove like a boat, floated like a car
- 35. DON’T JUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. SEE OUTSIDE THE BOX. © 2016 MICROVISION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PICOP IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF MICROVISION, INC. ALL OTHER TRADEMARKS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.