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Piezoelectric actuator control apparatus
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1988-02-08
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Granted: 1989-06-20
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Expires: 2008-02-08
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed herein are a piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising a capacitor connected in series with a piezoelectric actuator that has electrodes, and a control device that controls the voltage applied to the piezoelectric actuator such that the voltage of the capacitor will reach a predetermined value, as well as a piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising an integrating circuit connected to one electrode of a piezoelectric actuator that has electrodes, and a control device that controls the voltage of the other electrode of the piezoelectric actuator such that the output of the integration circuit will assume a predetermined magnitude.
Inventors
- 👤 Keiji Takada
- 👤 Masahide Okumura
- 👤 Satoru Fukuhara
- 👤 Toshiyuki Morimura
- 👤 Sumio Hosaka
- 👤 Shigeyuki Hosoki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 02:31
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01Q; G01Q10/00; G01Q10/04; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y35/00; H; H02; H02N; H02N2/00; H02N2/02; H02N2/06; H02N2/062; H10; H10N; H10N30/00; H10N30/80; H10N30/802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a stack type piezoelectric actuator which has a material that develops strain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; a capacitor connected in series with said piezoelectric actuator, said capacitor being comprised of a stack type ceramic capacitor having a structure substantially the same as that of said piezoelectric actuator to thereby cause the leakage currents flowing in the capacitor and in said piezoelectric actuator to be substantially equal to each other;and control means which controls a voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator so that a voltage of said capacitor will reach a predetermined value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a stack type piezoelectric actuator which has a material that develops strain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; a capacitor connected in series with said piezoelectric actuator, said capacitor being comprised of a stack type ceramic capacitor having a structure substantially the same as that of said piezoelectric actuator to thereby cause the leakage currents flowing in the capacitor and in said piezoelectric actuator to be substantially equal to each other;and control means which controls a voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator so that a voltage of said capacitor will reach a predetermined value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one electrode of said capacitor is connected to a reference potential.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
152 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a stack type piezoelectric actuator which has a material that develops strain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; a capacitor connected between one electrode of said piezoelectric actuator and a reference potential, said capacitor being comprised of a stack type ceramic capacitor having a structure substantially the same as that of said piezoelectric actuator to thereby cause the leakage currents flowing in the capacitor and in said piezoelectric actuator to be substantially equal to each other; and an operational amplifier which receives a control signal and a potential at a connection between said capacitor and said one electrode of said piezoelectric actuator and which produces a signal based upon the difference therebetween; wherein the potential of another electrode of the piezoelectric actuator is controlled based upon the output signal of said operational amplifier.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
152 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a stack type piezoelectric actuator which has a material that develops strain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; a capacitor connected between one electrode of said piezoelectric actuator and a reference potential, said capacitor being comprised of a stack type ceramic capacitor having a structure substantially the same as that of said piezoelectric actuator to thereby cause the leakage currents flowing in the capacitor and in said piezoelectric actuator to be substantially equal to each other; and an operational amplifier which receives a control signal and a potential at a connection between said capacitor and said one electrode of said piezoelectric actuator and which produces a signal based upon the difference therebetween; wherein the potential of another electrode of the piezoelectric actuator is controlled based upon the output signal of said operational amplifier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the potential at the connection point of said capacitor and said electrode of said piezoelectric actuator is input to the negative input terminal of said operational amplifier, and said control signal is input to the positive input terminal of said operational amplifier.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus according to claim 3, further including an amplifier between said operational amplifier and the other electrode of said piezoelectric actuator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus according to claim 3, further including means for setting the voltage across the terminals of said piezoelectric element and the voltage across the terminals of said capacitor to zero.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
74 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a piezoelectric element which has a material that develops strain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; an integrating circuit connected to one electrode of said piezoelectric element; and control means which controls the potential of the other electrode of said piezoelectric element so that the output of said integrating circuit will assume a predetermined magnitude.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
74 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a piezoelectric element which has a material that develops strain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; an integrating circuit connected to one electrode of said piezoelectric element; and control means which controls the potential of the other electrode of said piezoelectric element so that the output of said integrating circuit will assume a predetermined magnitude.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
60 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said integrating circuit consists of an operational amplifier which has a negative input terminal connected to one electrode of the piezoelectric element and a positive input terminal connected to a reference potential, and a capacitor connected between the negative input terminal of said operational amplifier and the output terminal thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
193 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a piezoelectric element which has a material that develops stain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; an integrating circuit connected to one electrode of said piezoelectric element, said integrating circuit consisting of an operational amplifier which has a negative input terminal connected to one electrode of the piezoelectric actuator and a positive input terminal connected to a reference potential, and a capacitor connected between the negative input terminal of said operational amplifier and the output terminal thereof; control means which controls the potential of the other electrode of said piezoelectric element so that the output of said integrating circuit will assume a predetermined magnitude; a second integration circuit consisting of a second operational amplifier whose negative input terminal is open and a capacitor which is connected between the negative input terminal of said second operational amplifier and the output terminal of said second operational amplifier; and a third operational amplifier which sends to said control means a differential signal between the output of said integration circuit and the output of the second integration circuit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
193 words
A piezoelectric actuator control apparatus comprising: a piezoelectric element which has a material that develops stain upon application of an electric field and which further has electrodes for applying an electric field to said material; an integrating circuit connected to one electrode of said piezoelectric element, said integrating circuit consisting of an operational amplifier which has a negative input terminal connected to one electrode of the piezoelectric actuator and a positive input terminal connected to a reference potential, and a capacitor connected between the negative input terminal of said operational amplifier and the output terminal thereof; control means which controls the potential of the other electrode of said piezoelectric element so that the output of said integrating circuit will assume a predetermined magnitude; a second integration circuit consisting of a second operational amplifier whose negative input terminal is open and a capacitor which is connected between the negative input terminal of said second operational amplifier and the output terminal of said second operational amplifier; and a third operational amplifier which sends to said control means a differential signal between the output of said integration circuit and the output of the second integration circuit.
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