Universal Transducer Control Device for Piezoelectric and Magnetostrictive Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing control systems for piezoelectric, electrostrictive, or magnetostrictive transducers are often rigid and specific to a single application, making them inflexible and difficult to adapt to different technical fields and transducer structures.
Innovation Solution
A universal electronic device with an electric power generator and programmable control means that uses a combination of elementary control functions to adjust signal amplitude, duration, cycle, and frequency, allowing for flexible configuration and easy adaptation to various applications and transducer structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If analog control or application-specific digital control is used, then the control system can be designed for a specific application, but the system becomes rigid and difficult to adapt to different applications and transducer structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal control system that can manage multiple types of transducers (piezoelectric, electrostrictive, magnetostrictive) across different applications through a standardized interface. The control system uses a generic communication protocol and unified control architecture that adapts to various transducer types without requiring application-specific redesign, thereby achieving multi-functionality and broad adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system achieves adaptability by dynamically adjusting control parameters such as frequency, amplitude, and phase based on the specific transducer characteristics and application requirements. The system modifies these parameters in real-time through a standardized control interface, allowing the same hardware platform to serve multiple applications without physical reconfiguration.
2Ease of manufacture
If application-specific control systems are designed, then the control can be optimized for a given transducer type, but the system becomes difficult to upgrade and modify for new applications
Solution Approach 1:
The control system employs dynamic configuration capabilities where control parameters, communication protocols, and operational modes can be modified in real-time based on the application requirements. This dynamic adaptability allows the system to be easily reconfigured for new applications without hardware changes, significantly improving ease of upgrade while maintaining optimized control for each specific transducer type.
3Measurement precision
If complex analog adjustments are used, then the control can be tailored to specific transducer characteristics, but the control device becomes rigid and difficult to adapt
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex analog adjustment mechanisms with a digital communication interface that transmits control parameters electronically. This substitution eliminates the need for physical analog adjustments while maintaining precise control over transducer operation. The digital interface allows for programmatic control and easy modification of parameters, significantly improving ease of adaptation while preserving measurement precision through digital signal processing.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible and adaptable control of piezoelectric, electrostrictive, or magnetostrictive transducers across different applications, enhancing their usability and ease of upgrade by allowing users to configure and modify control settings quickly.
Implementation Method 1
at least one piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive transducer, which makes it possible to control a mechanical movement using an electric or magnetic field
Implementation Method 2
at least one piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive transducer
Implementation Method 3
at least one piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive transducer
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AI summary
An electronic device for controlling applications using at least one piezoelectric, electrostrictive, or magnetostrictive transducer. The device includes an electric power generator, electronic control means capable of automatically controlling the electric power generator by using a control macro-function, and an electronic memory. Stored in the memory are the following: a first family of control functions including one or more different elementary control functions, each elementary control function of the first family making it possible to adjust the amplitude of the control signal; a second family of control functions including one or more different elementary control functions, each elementary control function of the second family making it possible to adjust the duration of the control signal; and a third family of control functions including several different elementary control functions, each elementary control function of the third family making it possible to adjust the cycle of the control signal.