A waveform design method for a piezo inkjet printhead based on robust feedforward control

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1365-1374

  Khalate, Amol A ^a   Bombois, Xavier ^a   Scorletti, Gérard ^b   Babuška, Robert ^a   Koekebakker, Sjirk ^c   De Zeeuw, Wim ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^c OCÉ TECHNOLOGIES B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inkjet printhead; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); optimization; robust feedforward control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION WAVEFORM; DROP-ON-DEMAND; INK DROPS; JETTING FREQUENCIES; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; PIEZO ACTUATOR; PRINT HEAD; PRINTING QUALITY; RESIDUAL OSCILLATIONS; TRACKING ERRORS; WAVEFORM DESIGNS;

DAMPING; DROPS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL; MEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

THERMAL PRINTING;

EID: 84870505928     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2012.2205899     Document Type: Article

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