Driving high voltage piezoelectric actuators in microrobotic applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 176, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-89

  Karpelson, Michael ^a   Wei, Gu Yeon ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High voltage; Microrobotics; Piezoelectric actuators; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY; CONVENTIONAL DRIVE; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DRIVE CIRCUITS; DRIVE SIGNAL; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRONIC DESIGN; ENERGY SOURCE; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-VOLTAGES; LOW MASS; LOW-VOLTAGE; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MICRO ROBOTICS; POWER REQUIREMENT;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84857649525     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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