1. An expandable sticking solar cell apparatus, comprising:
a solar cell module;
a frame protective cover which is formed in a square and includes a housing space to hold the solar cell module and four lateral side walls and a bottom wall to form the housing space;
four connectors located respectively on the four lateral side walls;
a double-sided adhesive located on the bottom wall of the frame protective cover; and
four conductive wires to electrically connect positive and negative electrodes of the solar cell module with the four connectors.
2. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 1, wherein the solar cell module is formed by arranging sequentially a transparent material, a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate, a solar cell, another copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and another transparent material.
3. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 2, wherein the solar cell is selected from the group consisting of monocrystalline silicon solar cell, polycrystalline silicon solar cell, amorphous silicon solar cell, cadmium telluride solar cell, copper indium selenide solar cell, copper indium gallium selenide solar cell, gallium arsenide solar cell, photochemical solar cell, photosensitive dye solar cell, polymer solar cell, and nano-crystals solar cell.
4. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 2, wherein the two transparent materials are selected from the group consisting of glass material and plastic material.
5. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frame protective cover is made from material selected from the group consisting of plastics, rubber, silicone, metal and alloy.
6. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 1, wherein the four lateral side walls of the frame protective cover include respectively an opening to hold one of the four connectors.
7. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bottom wall of the frame protective cover and a bottom of the solar cell module include respectively four magnets.
8. The expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 1, wherein anyone of the four connectors is electrically connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the solar cell module through anyone of the four conductive wires, and connected to the rest three connectors through the rest three conductive wire.
9. A power supply to charge an electronic product, comprising:
a substrate; and
a plurality of expandable sticking solar cell apparatus of claim 1 that are arranged in an array fashion and fixedly bonded to the substrate through the double-side adhesive, the abutting expandable sticking solar cell apparatus being selectively coupled in parallel, coupled in series or disconnected with each other such as to generate an output voltage to charge the electronic product through anyone of the connectors.
10. The power supply of claim 9 further including a voltage boosting and stabilizing circuit, the connector being electrically connected to the electronic product through the voltage boosting and stabilizing circuit.
11. The power supply of claim 9 further including a power control circuit, the connector being electrically connected to the electronic product through the power control circuit.
12. The power supply of claim 9, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of silicone, rubber, metal, plastics, woven fabrics, alloy, leather, ceramics, fibers, cement, waterproof paper and wood.
13. The power supply of claim 9, wherein the electronic product is selected from the group consisting of mobile phones, tablet computers, personal computers, notebook computers, smart watches, mobile power banks and portable audio devices.
14. The power supply of claim 9 further including an electrical power storage device which is electrically connected to the expandable sticking solar cell apparatus through the connector to charge the electronic product.
15. The power supply of claim 14 further including a voltage boosting and stabilizing circuit, the connector being electrically connected to the electrical power storage device through the voltage boosting and stabilizing circuit.
16. The power supply of claim 14 further including a power control circuit, the connector being electrically connected to the electrical power storage device through the power control circuit.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A lens assembly comprising at least one tunable lens.
2. The lens assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lens assembly comprises a combination of at least one static and at least one tunable lens.
3. The lens assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lens assembly is operatively positioned within a probe sized for insertion into a subject through an endoscopic port or opening.
4. The lens assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tunable lens comprises at least one of (a) an elastically deformable base material doped or coated with a plurality of nanoparticles and (b) a plurality of magnetic particles operatively positioned about the peripheral rim of the lens.
5. The lens assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the deformable base material is selected from the group consisting of a fluid, liquid, gel, and gas.
6. The lens assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the nanoparticles are configured for magnetization by an applied magnetic field.
7. The lens assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the magnetization occurs via longitudinal activation or radial activation.
8. A method for manufacturing a scanner comprising:
forming an oxide layer on a front side of a first wafer;
etching alignment marks on a backside of the first wafer;
removing the layer of oxide from the front side of the first wafer;
forming mirror frame features and outer stator comb features aligned to the backside alignment marks;
etching the mirror frame features and the outer stator comb features;
forming a thermal oxide layer on a second silicon wafer;
fusing the second wafer to the front side of the first wafer;
forming a mirror, rotor combs, and stator combs on a top side of the fused second silicon wafer;
etching the backside of the first wafer to release the scanner using the backside alignment marks; and
depositing a thin-film of a reflective material on a mirror surface.
9. The method of claim 8 where the step of etching the mirror frame features and the outer stator comb features is performed using Deep Reactive Ion Etching (\u201cDRIE\u201d).
10. The method of claim 8 where the step of forming the thermal oxide layer on the second silicon wafer includes growing the thermal oxide to a thickness of 4800 Angstroms.
11. The method of claim 8 where the step of forming the mirror, rotor combs, and stator combs includes etching coarse features corresponding to the mirror, rotor combs, and stator combs aligned to the backside alignment marks into the fused second wafer using DRIE.
12. The method of claim 11 where the step of forming the mirror, rotor combs, and stator combs includes:
depositing a low temperature oxide (\u201cLTO\u201d) on the top side of the fused second wafer;
etching the LTO to define the stator and rotor combs on the LTO layer; and
DRIE etching the fused second wafer to form stator and rotor combs in the fused second wafer.
13. The method of claim 12 where the step of depositing the LTO includes depositing a 1 \u03bcm of LTO, and the step of etching the LTO includes:
partially etching the LTO down to a depth of 0.3 \u03bcm to form bond pads;
where the step of etching the LTO to define the stator and rotor combs on the LTO layer includes using the bond pads to define exact features for the stator and rotor combs.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
dry oxide etching the top side of the second wafer to remove the LTO from the bond pads and etch an intermediate insulating layer.