Power-Efficient Driver Circuit for Piezo Electric Actuator with Passive Charge Recovery
Piezoelectric actuation is a promising principle for insect-scaled robots. A major concern while utilizing a piezoelectric actuator is energy loss due to its parasitic capacitance. In this paper, we propose a new concept to recover the charge stored in the parasitic capacitance; it requires only thr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-06-01
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Series: | Energies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/11/2866 |