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Title:
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND ADJUSTING THE LENGTH OF A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR (PA) AND AN ELECTRONIC UNIT FOR REGULATING SAID METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004001794
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling piezoelectric actuators (PA), in particular piezoelectric multilayer actuators (PMA), which are regularly subjected to a positive voltage during operation to induce elongation. According to the invention, the PMA is subjected to a restricted negative voltage or offset voltage, which does not cause a polarization reversal, for predefined operating modes of the PMA, in order to return the latter to a definable initial position.

Inventors:
BACHMAIER GEORG (DE)
FISCHER BERNHARD (DE)
GOTTLIEB BERNHARD (DE)
KAPPEL ANDREAS (DE)
MEIXNER HANS (DE)
MOCK RANDOLF (DE)
SCHWEBEL TIM (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2003/004600
Publication Date:
July 22, 2004
Filing Date:
June 20, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SIEMENS AG (DE)
BACHMAIER GEORG (DE)
FISCHER BERNHARD (DE)
GOTTLIEB BERNHARD (DE)
KAPPEL ANDREAS (DE)
MEIXNER HANS (DE)
MOCK RANDOLF (DE)
SCHWEBEL TIM (DE)
International Classes:
F02D41/20; H01L41/04; (IPC1-7): H01L41/04; F02D41/20
Foreign References:
DE19905340A12000-08-10
EP0767503A11997-04-09
US6201336B12001-03-13
DE10130857A12002-03-14
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 08 30 June 1999 (1999-06-30)
KAIZUKA H ET AL: "A SIMPLE WAY TO REDUCE HYSTERESIS AND CREEP WHEN USING PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, PUBLICATION OFFICE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. TOKYO, JP, vol. 27, no. 5, 1 May 1988 (1988-05-01), pages L773 - L776, XP000024713, ISSN: 0021-4922
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