Piezoelectric drive device, robot, and printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11349062-B2
Application number	US-201916556273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Aug 31, 2018
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A piezoelectric drive device includes a vibrating part, and a control unit that controls vibration of the vibrating part, wherein the vibrating part includes a piezoelectric material having a first surface and a second surface in a front-back relation, a drive electrode having a first electrode arranged at the first surface and a second electrode arranged at the second surface, and vibrating the piezoelectric material when a drive signal from the control unit is input to the second electrode, and a detection electrode having a third electrode arranged at the first surface and a fourth electrode arranged at the second surface, and outputting a detection signal according to the vibration of the piezoelectric material to the control unit via the fourth electrode, and the first electrode and the third electrode are separated on the first surface, and the second electrode and the fourth electrode are separated on the second surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A piezoelectric drive device comprising:
a vibrating part that drives a driven member by vibration; and
a control unit that controls the vibration of the vibrating part, wherein
the vibrating part includes
a piezoelectric material having a first surface and a second surface in a front-back relation,
a drive electrode having a first electrode arranged at the first surface and a second electrode arranged at the second surface, and vibrating the piezoelectric material when a drive signal from the control unit is input to the second electrode, and
a detection electrode having a third electrode arranged at the first surface and a fourth electrode arranged at the second surface, and outputting a detection signal according to the vibration of the piezoelectric material to the control unit via the fourth electrode, and
the first electrode and the third electrode are separated on the first surface, and the second electrode and the fourth electrode are separated on the second surface,
the piezoelectric drive device further comprising:
a first detection wire electrically coupling the third electrode and the control unit; and
a second detection wire electrically coupling the fourth electrode and the control unit, wherein
when a part placed in the vibrating part of the first detection wire is a first vibrating part wire and a part placed in the vibrating part of the second detection wire is a second vibrating part wire, the first vibrating part wire and the second vibrating part wire are placed apart.

2. The piezoelectric drive device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit has a differential amplifier coupled to the first detection wire and the second detection wire.

3. The piezoelectric drive device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first reference potential wire and a second reference potential wire coupled to a reference potential, wherein the first vibrating part wire and the second vibrating part wire are placed between the first reference potential wire and the second reference potential wire.

4. The piezoelectric drive device according to claim 3 , further comprising a third reference potential wire coupled to the reference potential, wherein
the first reference potential wire, second reference potential wire, first vibrating part wire, and second vibrating part wire and the third reference potential wire overlap in plan view of the first surface.

5. The piezoelectric drive device according to claim 1 , wherein
a length of the first vibrating part wire and a length of the second vibrating part wire are substantially equal.

6. The piezoelectric drive device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first vibrating part wire and the second vibrating part wire are formed using a same constituent material and arranged at a same surface.

7. The piezoelectric drive device according to claim 1 , wherein
the vibrating part includes a substrate and the piezoelectric material arranged at one surface of the substrate, and
a parasitic capacitance between the first vibrating part wire and third electrode and the substrate and a parasitic capacitance between the second vibrating part wire and fourth electrode and the substrate are the same.

8. A robot comprising a piezoelectric drive device including a vibrating part and a control unit that controls vibration of the vibrating part, and vibrating the vibrating part and driving a driven member in contact with the vibrating part, wherein
the vibrating part includes
a piezoelectric material having a first surface and a second surface in a front-back relation,
a drive electrode having a first electrode arranged at the first surface and a second electrode arranged at the second surface, and vibrating the piezoelectric material when a drive signal from the control unit is input to the second electrode, and
a detection electrode having a third electrode arranged at the first surface and a fourth electrode arranged at the second surface, and outputting a detection signal according to the vibration of the piezoelectric material to the control unit via the fourth electrode, and
the first electrode and the third electrode are separated on the first surface, and the second electrode and the fourth electrode are separated on the second surface,
the piezoelectric drive device further comprising:
a first detection wire electrically coupling the third electrode and the control unit; and
a second detection wire electrically coupling the fourth electrode and the control unit, wherein
when a part placed in the vibrating part of the first detection wire is a first vibrating part wire and a part placed in the vibrating part of the second detection wire is a second vibrating part wire, the first vibrating part wire and the second vibrating part wire are placed apart.

9. A printer comprising a piezoelectric drive device including a vibrating part and a control unit that controls vibration of the vibrating part, and vibrating the vibrating part and driving a driven member in contact with the vibrating part, wherein
the vibrating part includes
a piezoelectric material having a first surface and a second surface in a front-back relation,
a drive electrode having a first electrode arranged at the first surface and a second electrode arranged at the second surface, and vibrating the piezoelectric material when a drive signal from the control unit is input to the second electrode, and
a detection electrode having a third electrode arranged at the first surface and a fourth electrode arranged at the second surface, and outputting a detection signal according to the vibration of the piezoelectric material to the control unit via the fourth electrode, and
the first electrode and the third electrode are separated on the first surface, and the second electrode and the fourth electrode are separated on the second surface,
the piezoelectric drive device further comprising:
a first detection wire electrically coupling the third electrode and the control unit; and
a second detection wire electrically coupling the fourth electrode and the control unit, wherein
when a part placed in the vibrating part of the first detection wire is a first vibrating part wire and a part placed in the vibrating part of the second detection wire is a second vibrating part wire, the first vibrating part wire and the second vibrating part wire are placed apart.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kajino Kiichi
• Takahashi Tomoaki
• Konishi Akio

Classifications

• H02N2/004 Primary

  Rectangular vibrators · CPC title

• H02N2/0015

  using only bending modes · CPC title

• H02N2/04

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H02N2/001

  Driving devices, e.g. vibrators · CPC title

• H02N2/14

  Drive circuits; Control arrangements {or methods} · CPC title