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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christian Hoffmann, Regensburg, DE;
Hellmut Freudenberg, Grossberg, DE;
Hartmut Gerken, Nittendorf, DE;
Martin Hecker, Laimerstadt, DE;
Richard Pirkl, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
31031603 ;
Abstract
A device for driving at least one capacitive actuator contains two capacitors C1 and C2 connected in parallel. The two parallel-connected capacitors C1, C2 are charged to an output voltage U.sub.SNT of a voltage source SNT. The actuator is charged with a voltage U.sub.C1+C2 =2*U.sub.SNT by the capacitors, and thereafter discharged into the capacitors, which are again connected in parallel and are subsequently recharged to the output voltage U.sub.SNT of the voltage source SNT.