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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2017
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Achim Hilgers, Alsdorf, DE;

Daan Anton Van Den Ende, Breda, NL;

Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendonk, BE;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/04 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); H01L 41/193 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/042 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2013.01); H01L 41/193 (2013.01);
Abstract

A field driven electroactive polymer actuator which is actuated using an actuation drive having a profiled portion having a start voltage and an end voltage and a duration of at least 25 ms followed by a steady state drive portion based on a steady state voltage. The profiled portion comprises a voltage curve or a set of voltage points which define a first voltage slope at the beginning of the profiled portion which is steeper than a linear ramp between the start voltage and the end voltage, and a second voltage slope at the end of the profiled portion which is shallower than a linear ramp between the start voltage and the end voltage.


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