Title :
A cylindrical micro ultrasonic motor using micro-machined piezoelectric vibrator
Author :
Kanda, Takefumi ; Makino, Akira ; Oomori, Yoshitaka ; Suzumori, Koichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng., Okayama Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A micro ultrasonic motor using a micro-machined cylindrical bulk piezoelectric vibrator is introduced. This motor consists of the vibrator, a glass case and a rotor. The diameter of the piezoelectric vibrator is 0.8 mm and that of the motor case is 1.8 mm. Since the stator transducer is fixed at the end of the cylinder, it is easy to support the vibrator and the structure of the motor is not complicated. In addition, the vibrator and rotor are supported by the glass case. This is important for the micro ultrasonic motor because it is difficult to support the vibrator when the vibrator is miniaturized. We have fabricated and evaluated the cylindrical shaped traveling type micro ultrasonic motor using this vibrator.
Keywords :
glass; microactuators; micromachining; micromotors; piezoelectric actuators; rotors; ultrasonic motors; vibrations; 0.8 mm; 1.8 mm; cylindrical micro ultrasonic motor; glass case; micro-machined piezoelectric vibrator; micromotor; piezoelectric actuators; piezoelectric microactuators; rotor; stator transducer; traveling type micro ultrasonic motor; Ceramics; Electrodes; Engine cylinders; Glass; Microactuators; Micromotors; Piezoelectric materials; Rotors; Stators; Torque;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8994-8
DOI :
10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1496518
