Piezoelectric motor, drive circuit, and drive method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9941819
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14802845

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A piezoelectric motor includes a rotating body, a piezoelectric actuator including a protruding section having contact with the rotating body, and adapted to rotate the rotating body due to a motion of the protruding section when driving a piezoelectric element, and a drive circuit adapted to drive the piezoelectric element, and the drive circuit includes a drive signal generation section adapted to output a drive signal with a predetermined frequency, and an LC filter adapted to block a frequency higher than the predetermined frequency, and applies the drive signal to the piezoelectric element via the LC filter.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miyamoto, Tsutomu Shiojiri, JP 51 517

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