Abstract
This paper proposes a novel and cost-effective drive circuit for supplying a piezoelectric ceramic actuator, which combines a dual boost AC-DC converter with a coupled inductor and a half-bridge resonant DC-AC inverter into a single-stage architecture with power-factor-correction (PFC) and soft-switching characteristics. The coupled inductor of the dual boost AC-DC converter sub-circuit is designed to work in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), so the PFC function can be realized in the proposed drive circuit. The resonant tank of the half-bridge resonant inverter sub-circuit is designed as an inductive load, so that the two power switches in the presented drive circuit can achieve zero-voltage switching (ZVS) characteristics. A 50 W-rated prototype drive circuit providing a piezoelectric ceramic actuator has been successfully implemented in this paper. From the experimental results at 110 V input utility-line voltage, the drive circuit has the characteristics of high power factor and low input current total-harmonic-distortion factor, and two power switches have ZVS characteristics. Therefore, satisfactory outcomes from measured results prove the function of the proposed drive circuit.
Highlights
Piezoelectric ceramic actuators generate vibrations with a frequency above 20 kHz through the piezoelectric effect and have the characteristics of high accuracy, fast response, low power consumption, miniaturization, and high-density configuration
It can be seen that the proposed drive circuit has the characteristics of power-factor-correction and soft switching and requires fewer power switches than in References [12,13,14], so it can be a cost-effective alternative version for supplying a piezoelectric ceramic actuator
The output power PO of the piezoelectric ceramic actuator is provided by the fundamental component of the input current iinv of the resonant tank circuit, and the switching frequency f S of the power switch is designed to be equal to the resonant frequency f r of the piezoelectric ceramic actuator
Summary
Piezoelectric ceramic actuators generate vibrations with a frequency above 20 kHz through the piezoelectric effect and have the characteristics of high accuracy, fast response, low power consumption, miniaturization, and high-density configuration. Experimental results of theofproposed drivedrive circuit are demonstrated in what follows
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