US5466985A
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Method for non-destructively driving a thickness shear mode piezoelectric actuator
Assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1995-03-15
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Granted: 1995-11-14
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Expires: 2015-03-15
Abstract
Abstract A method for stably driving a piezoelectric actuator includes the steps of applying a pulse voltage for a maximum of 100 ms per cycle. The piezoelectric actuator is driven for extended periods of time with little deterioration in its performance characteristics so long as the duty ratio DR of the voltage pulse during one cycle is given by: DR<[{(T.sub.C -T.sub.D)/(T.sub.C -273)×{(|E.sub.C |-|E D |)/|E C |}] 1/2 where T C is the Curie temperature (in °K.) of the piezoelectric material; E C is the coercive electric field in effect when the electric field is applied in the direction perpendicular to the direction of polarization; and T D and E D are, respectively, the temperature (in °K.) and the electric field of the material in effect during operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiko Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:30
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10N; H10N30/00; H10N30/80; H10N30/802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A piezoelectric actuator driving method for applying an electric field to a polarized piezoelectric material in a direction perpendicular to a polarization direction of the piezoelectric material, the method comprising the steps of: applying a cyclic electric field to said piezoelectric material as said electric field, the cyclic electric field having a maximum period of 100 ms per cycle; and driving said piezoelectric actuator with the cyclic electric field, a duty ratio DR of said cyclic electric field determined by: DR<[{(T.sub.C -T.sub.D)/(T.sub.C -273)}×{(|E.sub.C |-|E.sub.D |)/|E.sub.C |}].sup.1/2 where T C is a Curie temperature of said piezoelectric material in °K.; E C is a coercive electric field of said electric field; T D is a driving temperature in °K.; and E D is a driving voltage of the cyclic electric field.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
A piezoelectric actuator driving method for applying an electric field to a polarized piezoelectric material in a direction perpendicular to a polarization direction of the piezoelectric material, the method comprising the steps of: applying a cyclic electric field to said piezoelectric material as said electric field, the cyclic electric field having a maximum period of 100 ms per cycle; and driving said piezoelectric actuator with the cyclic electric field, a duty ratio DR of said cyclic electric field determined by: DR<[{(T.sub.C -T.sub.D)/(T.sub.C -273)}×{(|E.sub.C |-|E.sub.D |)/|E.sub.C |}].sup.1/2 where T C is a Curie temperature of said piezoelectric material in °K.; E C is a coercive electric field of said electric field; T D is a driving temperature in °K.; and E D is a driving voltage of the cyclic electric field.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric material is a titanic acid lead zirconate material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
110 words
A piezoelectric actuator driving method for applying an electric field to a polarized piezoelectric material in a direction perpendicular to a polarization direction of a piezoelectric material, the method comprising: applying a cyclic electric field to said piezoelectric material as said electric field, the cyclic electric field having a period; determining a duty ratio of said cyclic electric field based on a Curie temperature of said piezoelectric material, a coercive electric field of said cycle electric field, a driving temperature, and a driving voltage of the cyclic electric field; and driving said piezoelectric actuator with the cyclic electric field having the duty ratio determined in the duty ratio determining step.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
110 words
A piezoelectric actuator driving method for applying an electric field to a polarized piezoelectric material in a direction perpendicular to a polarization direction of a piezoelectric material, the method comprising: applying a cyclic electric field to said piezoelectric material as said electric field, the cyclic electric field having a period; determining a duty ratio of said cyclic electric field based on a Curie temperature of said piezoelectric material, a coercive electric field of said cycle electric field, a driving temperature, and a driving voltage of the cyclic electric field; and driving said piezoelectric actuator with the cyclic electric field having the duty ratio determined in the duty ratio determining step.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 3, wherein said period of said cyclic electric field is at most 100 ms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 3, wherein said duty ratio is less than 0.68.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 3, wherein the duty ratio determining step comprises the step of varying the duty ratio inversely to the driving voltage of the cyclic electric field.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 3, wherein the duty ratio determining step comprises the step of varying the duty ratio inversely to the driving temperature.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 3, wherein the duty ratio determining step comprises the step of varying the duty ratio proportionally with the period of the cyclic electric field.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The piezoelectric driving method of claim 3, wherein the duty ratio determining step comprises the step of varying the duty ratio proportionally with the Curie temperature of the piezoelectric material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The piezoelectric actuator driving method of claim 3, wherein the duty ratio determining step comprises the step of varying the duty ratio proportionally with the coercive electric field of the cyclic electric field.
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