A brief review of actuation at the micro-scale using electrostatics, electromagnetics and piezoelectric ultrasonics

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Liu, Daniel Kuang Chen ^a   Friend, James ^a   Yeo, Leslie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic force; Electrostatic force; Micro motors; Piezoelectric force; Ultrasonic motors

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; MICRO-MOTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE; ULTRASONIC MOTORS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; MOTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASONIC MACHINE TOOLS; ULTRASONICS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 77951198740     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.31.115     Document Type: Review

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56. 3.
57. -1. Thus torque scales as x x FL and power scales as P x x F.
58. Torque is x in this section.
59. The power density of a conventional brushless DC motor by Faulhaber [25] with 2 mm diameter is shown on Fig.5(c) as the peak open square point ( ) in the green envelope.