A review of high voltage drive amplifiers for capacitive actuators

Author

Huang, Lina ; Zhang, Zhe ; Andersen, Michael A E

Author_Institution

DTU Elektro, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the high voltage amplifiers, which are used to drive capacitive actuators. The amplifiers for both piezoelectric and DEAP (dielectric electro-active polymer) actuator are discussed. The suitable topologies for driving capacitive actuators are illustrated in detail, including linear as well as switched mode amplifiers. In the past much attention has been paid on the driver for piezoelectric actuator. As DEAP is a type of new material, there is not much literature reference for it.

Keywords

electroactive polymer actuators; piezoelectric actuators; power amplifiers; DEAP; capacitive actuators; dielectric electroactive polymer actuator; high voltage drive amplifiers; piezoelectric actuator; switched mode amplifiers; Inductors; Materials; Piezoelectric actuators; Power supplies; Switches; Topology; DEAP actuator; capacitive actuator; driver; high voltage; linear amplifier; piezoelectric actuator; review; switched mode amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2012 47th International

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2854-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2855-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UPEC.2012.6398576

Filename

6398576