Efficiency issues in variable-capacitance micromotor drives

2005 IEEE International Conference on Electric Machines and Drives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1122-1129

  Chapman, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Electric drives; Electrostatic motors; Micromotors

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ELECTROSTATIC MOTORS; MICROMOTORS; MOTOR INTERACTIONS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33749079619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iemdc.2005.195862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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