The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Korean Application Number 2005-106147, filed Nov. 07, 2005, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a driving and control apparatus of a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor, and more particularly, to a driving and control apparatus of a piezoelectric ultrasonic apparatus, which supplies the driving voltage through one of the two electrodes of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor generating the elliptical vibration, detects the voltage through the other electrode, and making the phase difference between the driving voltage and the detection voltage be zero in a phase locked loop (PLL) scheme, thereby achieving the operation more efficiently.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, a piezoelectric device generates a strain or voltage when an electric field or a stress is applied thereto. A piezoelectric stator using the piezoelectric device is driven at a resonance frequency ranging from several tens of kHz to several hundreds of kHz and can provide a rotor with a strain amplified by a stack or strain expansion structure. Such a piezoelectric stator may use itself as a vibrator, or may be used in combination with a structure with a specific shape.
A piezoelectric ultrasonic motor using the piezoelectric device is called a traveling wave, surface wave, or surfing type motor. The piezoelectric ultrasonic motor is driven by a principle of superposing two driving waves with a predetermined phase difference.
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The driving and control apparatus of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor is disclosed in Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2002-0055465.
However, the conventional driving and control apparatus has to generate two driving waves in order to drive the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor, and also requires a current detector and/or a voltage detector in order to detect the current and the voltage. Thus, the conventional driving and control apparatus has a problem in that its structure is complicated and its manufacturing cost increases.
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a driving and control apparatus of a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a driving and control apparatus of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor, which supplies the driving voltage through one of the two electrodes of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor generating the elliptical vibration, detects the voltage through the other electrode, and making the phase difference between the driving voltage and the detection voltage be zero in a phase locked loop (PLL) scheme, thereby achieving the operation more efficiently.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, there is provided a driving and control apparatus of a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor, which has a first electrode and a second electrode and generates an elliptical vibration according to a driving voltage applied through the first and second electrodes. The driving and control apparatus includes: a controller for controlling a selection of the first channel or the second channel as a driving channel, the first channel and the second channel being connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively; a switch part for selecting one of the first and second channels as the driving channel and the other as a detection channel according to the channel selection control of the controller, and supplying the driving voltage to the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor through the selected driving channel; a phase detector for detecting a voltage outputted from the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor through the detection channel, calculating a phase deviation representing that a phase difference between an oscillation voltage having two times the frequency of the driving voltage and the detection voltage is out of 90°, and outputting a phase difference voltage corresponding to the phase deviation; a voltage controlled oscillator for generating the oscillation voltage and controlling a phase of the oscillation voltage according to the phase difference voltage outputted from the phase detector; and a frequency divider for dividing the oscillation voltage from the voltage controlled oscillator by two to generate the driving voltage, and supplying the divided oscillation voltage to the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor through the driving channel.
The driving and control apparatus may further include a low pass filter for removing power noise and AC component contained in the phase difference voltage outputted from the phase detector.
The switch part may include: a first switch for connecting an output terminal of the voltage controlled oscillator to the first channel connected to the first electrode of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor according to the channel selection control of the controller; and a second switch for connecting the output terminal of the voltage controlled oscillator to the second channel connected to the second electrode of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor.
The phase detector may include: a first AND gate for ANDing the driving voltage and the detection voltage; a second AND gate for ANDing an output signal of the first AND gate and the oscillation voltage to detect a phase difference between the driving voltage and the detection voltage; and a phase difference voltage generating unit for calculating the phase deviation, in which the phase difference is out of 90° by the second AND gate, and outputting the phase difference voltage corresponding to the phase deviation.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the drawings:
FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b) are graphs illustrating a gain and a phase difference of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor of
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals are used to refer to the same elements throughout the drawings.
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A first channel CH1 and a second channel CH2 are connected to the first electrode 110 and the second electrode 120 of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100, respectively. The controller 200 controls the switch part 300 to select one of the first and second channels CH1 and CH2 as a driving channel.
The switch part 300 selects one of the first and second channels CH1 and CH2 as the driving channel and the other as a detection channel according to the channel selection control of the controller 200. The driving voltage (Vdrv) is supplied to the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 through the selected driving channel.
The phase detector 400 detects a voltage supplied from the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 through the detection channel. Then, the phase detector 400 calculates a phase deviation (Δφ) representing that a phase difference (dφ) between an oscillation voltage (Vosc) having two times the frequency of the driving voltage and the detection voltage (Vdet) is out of 90°, and outputs a phase difference voltage corresponding to the phase deviation (Δφ).
The VCO 600 generates the oscillation voltage (Vosc) and controls the phase of the oscillation voltage (Vosc) according to the phase difference voltage outputted from the phase detector 400.
The frequency divider 700 divides the oscillation voltage (Vosc, F=2a) from the VCO 600 by two to generate the driving voltage (Vdrv, F=a). The driving voltage (Vdrv) is supplied to the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 through the driving channel selected by the switch part 300.
In order to supply a DC voltage in which power noise or AC component is removed, the driving and control apparatus may further include a low pass filter (LPF) 500 for removing the power noise or AC component contained in the phase difference voltage outputted from the phase detector 400.
In addition, the switch part 300 includes a first switch SW1 and a second switch SW2. According to the channel selection control of the controller 200, the first switch SW1 connects the output terminal of the VCO 600 to the first channel CH1, which is connected to the first electrode of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100, and the second switch SW2 connects the output terminal of the VCO 600 to the second channel CH2, which is connected to the second electrode of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100.
An operation of the driving and control apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail. First, the controller 200 selects one of the first channel CH1 and the second channel CH2, which are respectively connected to the first electrode 110 and the second electrode 120 of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100, as the driving channel according to the user's selection. As illustrated in
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In this manner, when the driving voltage (Vdrv) is supplied to the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100, the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 generates the elliptical vibration. The piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 will be described below in more detail with reference to
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For example, as illustrated in
The ceramic sheets LY1, LY2 and LY3 are vertically stacked, as illustrated in
Polarization directions (arrow directions) of the ceramic sheets LY1, LY2 and LY3 are alternated in order to simultaneously vibrate the left side of the first ceramic sheet LY1 and the right side of the second ceramic sheet LY3, and the right side of the first ceramic sheet LY1 and the right side of the second ceramic sheet LY3.
Since the driving signal is simultaneously applied through the external electrodes CCH1, CCH2 and CG to the electrodes disposed diagonally, the ceramic sheets disposed diagonally can be vibrated. This vibration is transferred to the outside through a driving tip 140 formed one side of the stacked ceramic sheet structure.
In the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100′ of
In addition, second ceramic sheets LY3 and middle ceramic sheets LY2 are alternately stacked under the above-described stacked structure to form a lower vibration region. Here, each of the second ceramic sheets LY3 has a first lower electrode 112 and a second lower electrode 122 on its top surface, and each of the middle ceramic sheet LY2 is disposed under each of the second ceramic sheets LY3 and has a ground voltage 130 on its top surface. Meanwhile, a ground electrode 130 is formed on the bottom surface of the second ceramic sheet disposed at the lowermost position.
Polarization directions of the stacked ceramic sheets LY1, LY2 and LY3 are alternated as illustrated in
Through the external electrodes, the portions located at the diagonal positions of the upper vibration region and the lower vibration region can be simultaneously vibrated.
In order to generate the vibration in the portions located at the diagonal positions, it is preferable that the number of the ceramic sheets stacked to form the upper vibration region is identical to the number of the ceramic sheets stacked to form the lower vibration region, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
Meanwhile, electrode protection sheets (not shown) covering the electrodes may be further stacked in order to protect the electrodes formed on the stacked ceramic sheets of
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However, the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100′ used in the driving and control apparatus according to the present invention simultaneously generates the length-direction vibration of
The vibrations at the first and second channels when the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor generates the elliptical vibration are illustrated in
It can be seen from
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The VCO 600 generates the oscillation voltage (Vosc) having the preset frequency (F=2a) and controls the phase of the driving voltage (Vdrv) according to the phase difference voltage outputted from the phase detector 400.
The frequency divider 700 divides the oscillation voltage (Vosc) outputted from the VCO 600 by two to generate the driving voltage (Vdrv). The driving voltage (Vdrv) is supplied to the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 through the driving channel selected by the switch part 300.
The driving and control apparatus including the LPF 500 can remove the power noise or AC component contained in the phase difference voltage, thereby providing the clearer phase difference voltage.
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When the phase difference (dφ=dφ1−dφ2) is less than 90°, that is, when the phase deviation (Δφ=dφ−90°) is negative, the phase difference signal (dφ) C outputted from the second AND gate 420 has no pulse, as illustrated in
On the other hand, when the phase difference (dφ=dφ1−dφ2) is greater than 90°, that is, when the phase deviation (Δφ=dφ−90°) is positive, the phase difference signal (dφ) C outputted from the second AND gate 420 has a predetermined pulse, as illustrated in
FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b) are graphs illustrating a gain and a phase difference of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor of
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When the first channel CH1 is selected as the driving channel, the gain (V2/V1) of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 is given by the “G2” graph. The gain (V2/V1) of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor 100 means the ratio of the output voltage (V2) to the input voltage (V1).
As described above, the driving and control apparatus of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor supplies the driving voltage through one of the two electrodes of the piezoelectric ultrasonic motor generating the elliptical vibration, detects the voltage through the other electrode, and making the phase difference between the driving voltage and the detection voltage be zero in a phase locked loop (PLL) scheme, thereby achieving the operation more efficiently. Since the driving and control apparatus is implemented more simply, its manufacturing cost can be reduced.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10-2005-0106147 | Nov 2005 | KR | national |