Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control of a piezoelectric transducer array
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Application No.: US17619938Application Date: 2020-06-22
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Publication No.: US11749251B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Hylke Broer Akkerman , Paul Louis Maria Joseph Van Neer , Arno Willem Frederik Volker
- Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Applicant Address: NL 's-Gravenhage
- Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Current Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Current Assignee Address: NL 's-Gravenhage
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: EP 182089 2019.06.24
- International Application: PCT/NL2020/050403 2020.06.22
- International Announcement: WO2020/263082A 2020.12.30
- Date entered country: 2021-12-16
- Main IPC: H04R17/00
- IPC: H04R17/00 ; G10K11/34 ; G06F3/01 ; H04R1/40 ; H04R3/12

Abstract:
A method and system for controlling an array of piezoelectric transducers (11, 12, 13). Respective driving signals (Vn) are applied to the transducers. The driving signals (Vn) comprise an alternating component (A) oscillating at one or more driving frequencies to cause corresponding vibrations in the transducers for generating acoustic waves (Wn). One or more of the driving signals (Vn) are offset by a respective bias voltage (Bn). The bias voltage (Bn) is controlled to reduce a difference in resonance frequencies between the transducers. To eliminate any remaining difference, the alternating component (A) to at least a subset of the transducers (11,12) is periodically reset. In this way the phases of the resulting acoustic waves (W1,W2) can be synchronized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220301541A1 CONTROL OF A PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER ARRAY Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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