Circuit for driving an oscillatory-wave motor
US5355047A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02N2/142
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A circuit for driving an oscillatory-wave motor, which generates traveling oscillatory waves on a surface of an elastic body by applying a drive frequency voltage to an electro-mechanical energy conversion element securely fixed to the elastic body to drive a movable body in friction-contact with the surface of the elastic body, includes: an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, securely fixed to the elastic body, for detecting an oscillation frequency during the driving of the oscillatory-wave motor; a feedback signal output device for outputting feedback signals on the basis of the output of the element; an optimum drive-frequency detection device for detecting an optimum drive frequency of the oscillatory-wave motor only on the basis of the feedback signals; and an automatic drive-frequency tracking circuit for outputting detected values from the detection device as voltage values to a voltage control oscillator for generating drive frequency voltage signals.
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