The control method of Stretched Membrane with Electrostatic Curvature (SMEC) Mirror has advantages of simple structure and easy membrane mirror figure cybernation. Its principle is to make membrane mirror figure change with the sequence of electrostatic force to get the needed optical curvature figure. As for the complexion of membrane shaping mechanics and electrostatic field theory
there is no quantitative theory analysis in membrane shaping and mirror figure cybernation. In this article
the distribution characteristic of space electric potential is analyzed in theory
and the electrostatic force distribution is obtained by numerical calculation. Considering single electrode mode
after electrostatic force calculation with MATLAB
the membrane mirror figure is mainly inspected by finite element method. Then the analysis result of finite element method is compared with ideal paraboloid figure
the differences between them will perceptibly show that the surface shape control force in single electrode mode is simplex. To get flexible modulation
multi electrode mode control is an advisable option. It is also proposed that higher control precision can be acquired by using closed loop multi electrode control