Power electronics concepts for driving EAP actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8687, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Eitzen, L ^a   Hoffstadt, T ^a   Maas, J ^a  

^a OSTWESTFALEN LIPPE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buck; Buck boost; Converter control; EAP; Flyback; High voltage; Stack actuator

Indexed keywords

BUCK; BUCK-BOOST; CONVERTER CONTROLS; EAP; FLYBACK; HIGH VOLTAGE; STACK ACTUATOR;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; POWER ELECTRONICS; TOPOLOGY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84878721289     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2009729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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