Abstract:
Solid state electronic circuitry for driving the magnetostrictive transducer of ultrasonic dental tools is described, wherein tuning to resonance is controlled by circuit adjustment to maximum brightness of a tuning indicator lamp. Variation of brightness of the lamp as a function of tuning accuracy is achieved by feeding a reference voltage proportional to the excitation current flowing through the ultrasonic transducer to the input of a differential amplifier stage to compare it with a preset reference voltage. The varying output voltage thus derived is amplified to provide an energization current for the indicator lamp which will be proportional to the transducer excitation current and thus an indication of tuning to resonance.