Long Stroke Design of Piezoelectric Walking Actuator for Wafer Probe Station

In order to develop a high-resolution piezoelectric walking actuator with a long stroke for the wafer probe station, this work presents a design of a piezoelectric walking actuator with two auxiliary clamping feet elastically attached to major clamping feet. Its construction was introduced and its o...

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Main Authors: Cheng Yang, Yin Wang, Wei Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/3/412
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Summary:In order to develop a high-resolution piezoelectric walking actuator with a long stroke for the wafer probe station, this work presents a design of a piezoelectric walking actuator with two auxiliary clamping feet elastically attached to major clamping feet. Its construction was introduced and its operating principle was analyzed. Structure design details were discussed and a prototype was proposed. The prototype was fabricated and tested. The experimental results show that the proposed actuator can operate stably along a 20 mm guider. The proposed design is suitable for precision motion control applications.
ISSN:2072-666X