US4468581A
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Drive circuit for a piezoelectric resonator used in a fluidic gas angular rate sensor
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1982-06-25
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Granted: 1984-08-28
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Expires: 2002-06-25
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is directed to a phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump in a fluidic gas angular rate sensor in which the driving circuit comprises a voltage controlled oscillator for providing an oscillating drive signal to the piezoelectric pump. A phase difference detector is coupled to the output of the oscillator for detecting the phase of the current of the output signal and the phase of the voltage of the output signal and for providing an output indicative of the phase difference therebetween. An error amplifier is coupled to the phase difference detector for comparing the phase difference to a predetermined phase difference and for producing a voltage indicative thereof. The voltage of the error detecting circuit is applied to the control input of the voltage controlled oscillator for controlling the output thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasushi Okada
- 👤 Fumitaka Takahashi
- 👤 Katsutoshi Tagami
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:11
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03L; H03L7/00; H03L7/02; G; G01; G01C; G01C19/00; G01C19/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump in a gas angular rate sensor, said driving circuit comprising: (a) voltage controlled oscillator means for providing an oscillating drive signal to said piezoelectric pump; (b) phase difference detector means coupled to the output of said oscillator means, for detecting the phase of the current of said output signal and the phase of the voltage of said output signal and for providing an output indicative of the phase difference therebetween; and (c) error amplifier means, coupled to said phase difference detector means, for comparing said phase difference output of the phase difference detector means to a predetermined phase difference signal and for producing an error voltage indicative of the difference between the predetermined phase difference signal and the output of the phase difference detector means, said error voltage being applied to the control input of said voltage controlled oscillator means for controlling the output thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump in a gas angular rate sensor, said driving circuit comprising: (a) voltage controlled oscillator means for providing an oscillating drive signal to said piezoelectric pump; (b) phase difference detector means coupled to the output of said oscillator means, for detecting the phase of the current of said output signal and the phase of the voltage of said output signal and for providing an output indicative of the phase difference therebetween; and (c) error amplifier means, coupled to said phase difference detector means, for comparing said phase difference output of the phase difference detector means to a predetermined phase difference signal and for producing an error voltage indicative of the difference between the predetermined phase difference signal and the output of the phase difference detector means, said error voltage being applied to the control input of said voltage controlled oscillator means for controlling the output thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump as set forth in claim 1, wherein said phase detector means includes a shunt resistor connected in series with said oscillator means and said piezoelectric pump such that the said drive signal flows therethrough and means for measuring the voltage across said shunt resistor, said means being coupled to said phase difference detector means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump as set forth in any one of claims 1 or 2, including wave shaping means coupled to the output of said voltage controlled oscillator means for shaping the output thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump as set forth in claim 3, wherein said wave shaping circuit forms a sine wave from said output signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump as set forth in any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein said voltage controlled oscillator means provides a sine wave output.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A phase locked driving circuit for a piezoelectric pump as set forth in claim 5, wherein said voltage controlled oscillator means includes a voltage controlled filter.
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