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Control device for ultrasonic motor

US5173630A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 6, 1991
Grant dateDec 22, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02N2/062
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control device for an ultrasonic motor which is suitable for use in controlling the speed of the ultrasonic motor includes an oscillator for generating drive signals of a resonant frequency of the ultrasonic motor; and a drive signal restricting device for turning on and off the drive signals at a fixed duty ratio. The control device further includes a counter in which counted results of the counter are incremented by a first pulse signal whose frequency increases as a target speed of the ultrasonic motor increases, and in which the counted results are decremented by a second pulse signal whose frequency increases as a travel speed of the ultrasonic motor increases; and a duty ratio setting device for causing the duty ratio to increase as the counted results of the counter increase.

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