A square-plate ultrasonic linear motor operating in two orthogonal first bending modes

Zhijiang Chen, Xiaotian Li, Jianguo Chen, Shuxiang Dong

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Abstract

A novel square-plate piezoelectric ultrasonic linear motor operated in two orthogonal first bending vibration modes (B1) is proposed. The piezoelectric vibrator of the linear motor is simply made of a single PZT ceramic plate (sizes: 15 x 15 x 2 mm) and poled in its thickness direction. The top surface electrode of the square ceramic plate was divided into four active areas along its two diagonal lines for exciting two orthogonal B1 modes. The achieved driving force and speed from the linear motor are 1.8 N and 230 mm/s, respectively, under one pair orthogonal voltage drive of 150 V p-p at the resonance frequency of 92 kHz. The proposed linear motor has advantages over conventional ultrasonic linear motors, such as relatively larger driving force, very simple working mode and structure, and low fabrication cost.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6396492
Pages (from-to)115-120
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
Volume60
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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