Efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric actuators with quasi-square waves

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Campolo, Domenico ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; EFFICIENCY; MOBILE ROBOTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THICK FILM DEVICES;

CHARGE RECOVERY METHOD; MICROMECHANICAL FLYING INSECTS; PIEZO-ELECTRIC COUPLING FACTOR; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; QUASI-SQUARE WAVES;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 0012654095     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1193617     Document Type: Article

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