Efficient power amplifiers for piezoelectric applications

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 774-775

  Main, John A ^a   Newton, David V ^b   Massengill, Lloyd ^c   Garcia, Ephrahim ^c  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b Garman Systems Inc   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

DISCRETE CHARGE CONTROL; HYBRID CHARGE RECOVERY STRATEGY; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030409091     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/5/6/006     Document Type: Article

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