Driving characteristics of a surface acoustic wave motor using a flat-plane slider

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1407-1421

  Sakano, Koki ^a   Kurosawa, Minoru Kuribayashi ^a   Shigematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

friction drive; Linear motor; microactuator; surface acoustic wave; ultrasonic motor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION; DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRICTION DRIVE; HIGH OUTPUT; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OUTPUT FORCE; PLANE SURFACES; PRELOADS; SAW MOTORS; STABLE DRIVE; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; ULTRASONIC MOTORS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FRICTION; LINEAR MOTORS; LITHIUM; MICROACTUATORS; MOTORS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC MOTORS; STATORS; ULTRASONIC MACHINE TOOLS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 77954223202     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/016918610X505549     Document Type: Article

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