584 Pages
485 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
584 Pages
485 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
584 Pages
485 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
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After Uchino’s introduction of a new terminology, ‘Micromechatronics’ in 1979 for describing the application area of ‘piezoelectric actuators’, the rapid advances in semiconductor chip technology have led to a new terminology MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical-system) or even NEMS (nano-electro-mechanicalsystem) to describe mainly thin film sensor/actuator devices, a narrower area of... Read more
1. Current Trends for Actuators and Micromechatronics. 2. A Theoretical Description of Piezoelectricity. 3. Actuator Materials. 4. Ceramic Fabrication Methods and Actuator Structures. 5. Drive/Control Techniques for Piezoelectric Actuators. 6. Computer Simulation of Piezoelectric Devices. 7. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems. 8. Servo Displacement Transducer Applications. 9. Pulse Drive Motor Applications. 10. Ultrasonic Motor Applications. 11. The Future of Solid State Actuators in Micromechatronic Systems.
Biography
Kenji Uchino, a pioneer in piezoelectric actuators, is the Founding Director of the International Center for Actuators and Transducers (ICAT) and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He was Associate Director (‘Navy Ambassador to Japan’) at The US Office of Naval Research – Global Tokyo Office as IPA from 2010 till 2014. He was also the Founder and Senior Vice President & CTO of Micromechatronics Inc., State College, PA.
