Vibration generating apparatus, operating method thereof, and apparatus including vibration generating apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Piezoelectric vibration apparatuses face operational issues due to temperature variations affecting capacitance, leading to undesired changes in driving signals and impaired performance.
Innovation Solution
A vibration generating apparatus and method that predicts internal temperature values and compensates driving signals based on these predictions and circuit internal temperatures, ensuring consistent signal delivery to the vibration apparatus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the piezoelectric element operates without temperature compensation, then the device structure remains simple, but the driving signal characteristics change due to temperature variations affecting capacitance
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary temperature prediction based on current driving signal values before the temperature actually affects the piezoelectric element's capacitance. This advance prediction allows the controller to pre-adjust the driving signal characteristics, compensating for upcoming temperature-induced changes before they occur, thus maintaining signal reliability without adding complex real-time sensing hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where the current value of the driving signal is continuously monitored and used to predict future temperature conditions. This predicted temperature information feeds back to the controller, which then adjusts subsequent driving signals accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures driving signal characteristics remain stable despite temperature variations.
2Reliability
If temperature compensation is implemented using current driving signal values, then the driving signal characteristics remain stable, but the control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces physical temperature sensors and mechanical thermal measurement devices with an electronic prediction mechanism. Instead of using hardware to directly measure temperature, the controller uses mathematical prediction based on electrical parameters (current driving signal values) to estimate temperature effects. This substitution maintains control system simplicity while achieving temperature compensation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the approach from direct temperature measurement to indirect parameter-based prediction. By monitoring changes in driving signal current values and using these electrical parameters to infer temperature conditions, the system avoids adding temperature sensing hardware. The controller adjusts driving signal parameters (amplitude, frequency, or waveform) based on these inferred temperature conditions, maintaining signal stability through parameter adaptation rather than physical measurement.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively offsets temperature-induced effects on the driving signal, maintaining consistent vibration and reducing adverse impacts on sound characteristics generated by the vibration apparatus.
Implementation Method 1
Apparatuses for generating a vibration include a piezoelectric element
Data Source
AI summary
A vibration generating apparatus comprises a vibration apparatus and a vibration driving circuit including a driving signal generator configured to supply a driving signal to the vibration apparatus, wherein the driving signal generator is configured to adjust a frequency-based gain compensation value based on at least one of a circuit internal temperature value of the vibration driving circuit and a temperature prediction value of the vibration apparatus corresponding to a current value of an nth driving signal, compensate for a frequency-based gain value based on the adjusted frequency-based gain compensation value, compensate for an (n+1)th driving signal based on the compensated frequency-based gain value, and supply the compensated (n+1)th driving signal to the vibration apparatus.


