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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uwe Dibbern, Hamburg, DE;
Joseph Pankert, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310366 ; 310328 ; 310333 ; 310367 ;
Abstract
A torsional actuator consisting of multilayers of monolithic piezo-electric ceramic material, with planar electrodes between the successive layers and external contacts for supplying control voltages to the electrodes which cause the actuator to twist about its longitudinal axis by a torsion angle dependent on the control voltages. Viewed in cross-section, and with respect to a reference potential supplied to alternate ones of the electrodes, the remaining electrodes are in four respective quadrants and are supplied with control voltages of polarities dependent on the quadrants in which they are located.