A movable part formed on a substrate and adapted to be displaced in a direction
parallel to the sheet surface of the substrate, a fixing part formed and fixedly
mounted on the substrate, and springy hinges extending parallel to the sheet surface
of the substrate and having their opposite ends connected to the movable part and
the fixing part for supporting the movable part in a displaceable manner are provided.
As viewed in cross section in a plane perpendicular to the lengthwise direction
of the hinges, the hinge has a width which is diminishing as the top surface of
the substrate is approached, thus having a trapezoidal or triangular cross section.
A width as measured on the top surface of the hinge which is required to provide
an equivalent spring constant can be chosen to be greater than the width of a hinge
having a rectangular cross section (constant width), and this facilitates the implementation
of the photolithography during the manufacture.