EP1669821B1 - Verfahren zum Antrieb einer Schwingungsvorrichtung für ein tragbares Gerät, mit einer Spule und einer bewegbaren Masse - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Antrieb einer Schwingungsvorrichtung für ein tragbares Gerät, mit einer Spule und einer bewegbaren Masse Download PDF

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EP1669821B1
EP1669821B1 EP20050111845 EP05111845A EP1669821B1 EP 1669821 B1 EP1669821 B1 EP 1669821B1 EP 20050111845 EP20050111845 EP 20050111845 EP 05111845 A EP05111845 A EP 05111845A EP 1669821 B1 EP1669821 B1 EP 1669821B1
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  • the present invention relates to a method of driving a vibrating device for a portable object.
  • the vibrating device comprises a movable mass and an annular-shaped coil electromagnetically coupled with the moving mass to oscillate it.
  • the vibrating device can serve in particular as a silent alarm or to signal a telephone call.
  • vibrating devices capable of performing the function including silent alarm to equip small portable objects, such as mobile phones, traditional organizers, paging devices or wristwatches. At least one coil of these vibrating devices can be electrically activated to actuate a mass to create a low frequency vibration that can be felt by the wearer of such an object.
  • the frequency of the electrical signals applied to the coil is adjusted to correspond to the natural frequency of mechanical oscillation of the moving mass of the vibrating device. In this way, a maximum vibration amplitude can be obtained for a minimum amount of electrical energy supplied.
  • the vibration of the device can be controlled according to a specific programming of the portable object so as to warn the wearer of a specific event, such as a wake-up time, a phone call or other.
  • the vibrating device comprises a moving mass having a permanent magnet and a coil electromagnetically coupled to the moving mass to oscillate it.
  • a driving circuit To oscillate the mass, a driving circuit must provide the coil of the vibrating device with rectangular pulses of maintenance voltage alternating polarity and duration determined after a starting phase of the vibrating device. The amplitude of the maintenance pulses corresponds approximately to the battery voltage electrically supplying the drive circuit.
  • the coil is disconnected, i.e. it is placed in a high impedance state. In this state, the coil provides an induced voltage due to the movement of the permanent magnet of the oscillating mass.
  • a measurement of the resonance frequency is made at each pass by zero of the induced voltage in the drive circuit to adjust the period of the rectangular maintenance pulses supplied to the coil.
  • a disadvantage of such a drive method is that at each disconnection of the coil placed in the high impedance state, overvoltages, whose time constant is dependent on the characteristics of the coil, can be observed. These overvoltages can damage the drive or power electronics. Moreover with these overvoltages, it must be observed, before the measurement of the frequency, a long time of deficiency, which can be of the order of a few hundred microseconds so as not to detect unwanted zero crossings. This waiting time, which must be observed, limits the oscillation frequency to a low value. It is therefore necessary to filter these overvoltages by adequate means either at the input of an amplifier comparator of the circuit, or at the output of the comparator. This involves providing the drive circuit of additional electronic components to the proper maintenance function oscillations of the moving mass, which complicates the realization of said circuit.
  • the maintenance voltage pulses are composed of a fundamental frequency f 0 and harmonic frequencies f 1 , f 2 , which create power losses and parasitic forces, and which oppose the active force of drive the oscillating mass.
  • a higher power consumption is noted.
  • the amplitude of the fundamental frequency signal relative to the rectangular maintenance pulses is at a voltage level which may be one third lower than the battery voltage, and thus can not not be adapted to a higher value.
  • the main purpose of the invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above by providing a method of driving a vibrating device by means of electrical signals supplied to the coil of the device, which are adapted to avoid overvoltages in a maintenance phase oscillations of the mobile mass of the device.
  • the harmonics of the fundamental frequency in particular the low-order harmonics, are suppressed via the electrical signals, since only the fundamental component of the electrical signals supplied to the coil provides a useful force.
  • the invention relates to a method of driving a vibrating device according to claim 1.
  • An advantage of the method according to the invention lies in the fact that the modulation of the width of the alternating polarity voltage pulses in each oscillation period makes it possible to approach a pseudo-sinusoidal signal of fundamental frequency. As a result, it is thus possible to eliminate the harmonics of the fundamental frequency by defining a substantially sinusoidal wave by means of the arrangement of said voltage pulses in each oscillation period. Mainly, low-order harmonics (3, 5, 7, 9) are eliminated because they lead to undesirable forces.
  • the moving mass describes a sinusoidal movement with respect to the fixed coil of the vibrating device, it is therefore advantageous to supply said coil with a substantially sinusoidal voltage wave defined by the arrangement of the modulated width voltage rectangular pulses.
  • the fundamental frequency of this sine wave is adapted to the resonant frequency of the moving mass. This therefore also eliminates unwanted forces harmonics, and power losses.
  • the amplitude of the defined sine wave can be adjusted according to the modulation of the pulse width in each oscillation period between a value close to the supply voltage of the drive circuit and the ground. In this way, the amplitude of the oscillations of the moving mass can be adjusted by the successive pulses of alternating polarity voltage. A gain in the power consumption can thus be obtained with such electrical supply signals of the coil compared to the drive method described with reference to the document WO 02/46847 .
  • the successive rectangular pulses of alternating polarity voltage are arranged to having even symmetry in each half oscillation period with respect to a mid-point of the half-period, and odd symmetry in each oscillation period with respect to a mid-point of the oscillation period.
  • 14 voltage pulses per oscillation period can advantageously be provided to the coil of the vibrating device to eliminate at least the harmonics of order 3 and 5.
  • the vibrating device and the driving circuit are intended to equip a small portable object, such as a wristwatch so as to provide a silent alarm by vibration of a moving mass of the vibrating device.
  • a drive circuit 1 for carrying out the drive method of the vibrating device, which comprises a moving mass provided with at least one permanent magnet and a ring-shaped coil.
  • This coil which is indicated by the reference L, is shown schematically on this figure 1 .
  • the coil is connected by its two terminals B1 and B2 to switching elements N1, N2, P1, P2 which form an H-bridge explained below.
  • the drive circuit 1 is connected by its two terminals V BAT and V SS to a not shown voltage source, which is preferably a battery or a battery that can deliver a DC voltage of 3 V for example.
  • a not shown voltage source which is preferably a battery or a battery that can deliver a DC voltage of 3 V for example.
  • the first B1 and second B2 terminals of the coil L are likely to be brought to a voltage zero (mass V SS ) or a voltage V BAT depending on the states of the switching elements N1, N2, P1, P2.
  • the switching elements are preferably constituted by four MOS transistors N1, N2, P1, P2 which form an H-bridge so as to enable the vibrating device to be controlled in a bipolar mode.
  • the H bridge thus comprises a first and a second branch comprising the transistors N1 and P1, respectively the transistors N2 and P2, which are connected in series between the voltages V BAT and V SS .
  • the transistors P1 and P2 are P-type MOS transistors, and the N1 and N2 transistors of the N-type MOS transistors.
  • the first terminal B1 of the coil L is connected to the connection node of the transistors N1 and P1
  • the second terminal B2 is connected to the connection node of the transistors N2 and P2.
  • the gates of the transistors P1, N1, P2, N2 are respectively controlled by signals A, B, C and D produced by a logic circuit 3 and explained below.
  • the drive circuit comprises a comparator 2 consisting of a differential amplifier. This frequency can be between 132 and 138 Hz.
  • the first and second terminals B1, B2 of the coil L are respectively connected to the non-inverting (positive terminal) and inverting (negative) terminals of the comparator 2.
  • This Comparator 2 is responsible for amplifying and outputting the induced motion voltage of the moving mass measured between the terminals B1, B2 of the coil L, when it is placed in a high impedance state.
  • This induced motion voltage is applied to the input of the logic circuit 3 loaded, on the one hand, to generate the control signals A, B, C, D required for the transistors N1, N2, P1, P2 of the H-bridge.
  • These control signals must ensure the generation of at least one rectangular pulse of starting voltage at the coil L, as well as successive rectangular pulses of alternating polarity voltage with modulated width in a phase of maintenance of the periodic oscillations of the mass. mobile.
  • the logic circuit 3 is responsible for measuring the frequency of the voltage induced by the comparator 2.
  • the drive circuit 1 also advantageously comprises an activatable voltage divider, which is loaded to impose a determined voltage on the inverting input (negative input) of the comparator 2.
  • This voltage divider here in the form of a resistive divider, forms a means for fixing the negative input of the comparator 2 to a potential determined, when the induced voltage of movement of the moving mass is to be observed only in a phase of measuring the resonance frequency.
  • This frequency measurement must be performed when the coil L is placed in a high impedance state, that is to say when the transistors N1, N2, P1 and P2 are in a non-conductive state.
  • This resistive divider is triggered in the other phases.
  • the resistive divider comprises a series arrangement between the voltages V BAT and V SS , a first P-MOS transistor P3, a first and second resistor R 1 and R 2 , and a second transistor N -MOS N3.
  • the connection node between the resistors R 1 and R 2 is connected to the inverting input of the comparator 2 and the gates of the transistors P3 and N3 are connected to the logic circuit 3.
  • the potential of the inverting terminal of the comparator 2 is set at a voltage equal to V BAT / 2 by using, for this purpose, resistors R 1 and R 2 of substantially equal values.
  • the resistive divider is thus switched on by the activation of the transistors P3 and N3 and a voltage substantially equal to V BAT / 2 is applied to the inverting input of the comparator 2. In this way, the average value of the induced voltage is set at this level V BAT / 2.
  • the induced motion voltage is always positive, its peak-to-peak amplitude being lower than the voltage V BAT .
  • the induced motion voltage is sampled at a determined frequency.
  • resistive divider is not strictly necessary. It will also be understood that another average level than V BAT / 2 could be set by the resistive divider. The example which is presented here is particularly advantageous in the optic where it is desirable to perform a digital processing of the signal produced at the output of the comparator 2.
  • a scanning current measurement operation can be performed until a minimum current value is obtained.
  • FIG. 2 Diagrammatically, different phases of starting the vibrating device for the implementation of the training method according to the invention are shown. More specifically, it is represented the evolution of the voltage V B12 across the coil of the vibrating device over time.
  • a first phase called the start-up phase, a rectangular pulse of starting voltage is supplied to the coil.
  • This first phase of starting, moving the moving mass is followed by a second phase, called frequency measurement phase, during which the mobile mass of the device is left in free oscillation.
  • the device will tend to oscillate according to its own oscillation frequency, hereinafter called oscillation or resonance frequency f 0 .
  • This resonance frequency f 0 is for example measured by determining the oscillation period T 0 of the induced voltage generated by the movement of the mass during this second phase on the basis of the passages by the average level of the induced motion voltage. Alternatively, it is sufficient to measure the half oscillation period of the signal.
  • This second measurement phase is not strictly necessary because the nominal period T 0 can be fixed beforehand if necessary.
  • the value of the resonance frequency is also dependent on the wearing conditions of the portable object, such as a wristwatch, and a viscous coefficient of friction, it is preferable to measure it using of the training circuit. This measurement makes it possible to adjust the oscillation period of a set of rectangular voltage pulses supplied to the coil.
  • the vibrating device enters a third phase, called maintenance phase of the periodic oscillations of the moving mass, which continues until the end of the vibration of the device.
  • this third phase successive rectangular pulses of alternating polarity voltage are supplied to the coil.
  • the width of the pulses varies or is modulated by oscillation period so as to define a pseudo-sinusoidal voltage wave at a fundamental frequency.
  • This fundamental frequency is supposed to correspond to the resonant frequency of the moving mass of the vibrating device.
  • FIG 3 there is shown a graph of the modulation of the width of the alternating polarity voltage pulses, which are supplied to the coil in each oscillation period of the moving mass for carrying out the drive method according to the invention .
  • This pulse width modulation is preferably identical in all the periods of oscillation until the end of the vibration of the vibrating device.
  • This graph represents a period T 0 oscillation defined in angular form from 0 to 360 °.
  • the sign inversion of each pulse is preferably determined by a specific angle between 0 and 360 ° since the measured resonant frequency may vary depending on the wearing conditions of the portable object. However, after the frequency measurement of the second phase, this resonance frequency is determined in principle for the entire vibration duration of the vibrating device.
  • the vibrating device For driving the vibrating device according to the invention, it is used a method of eliminating harmonics of order greater than 1 and controlling the amplitude of the fundamental. Indeed, as mentioned above, the harmonics of order 3, 5, 7 and higher are at the origin of the losses in the coil and in iron parts of the vibrating device. By eliminating these harmonics and controlling the so-defined fundamental frequency voltage wave, one tends to approach a sinusoidal voltage of desired amplitude.
  • the sign inversions for the successive rectangular pulses take place for the values of angles a1, a2 and a3, and (180 ° -a3), (180 ° -a2) and (1800-a1).
  • the second half period is defined on the basis of the angles of the first half period but with pulses of inverse polarity. This waveform makes it possible to eliminate a discrete number of harmonics while imposing a determined amplitude of the fundamental frequency wave.
  • the amplitude of the fundamental that is to say the amplitude of the sine wave defined by the modulation of width of the rectangular pulses of alternating polarity voltage
  • the tables of the angles determined according to the amplitude of the desired fundamental it is easy to calculate time values of the width of each pulse by means of a rule of three as a function of the value of the frequency of oscillation.
  • This oscillation frequency can be in a range of 125 to 140 Hz, preferably of the order of 135 Hz for example.
  • the Figures 4a and 4b represent an embodiment of the vibrating device 10 for implementing the training method according to the invention.
  • the vibrating device presented is of the half Voice Coil type.
  • the vibrating device 10 firstly comprises an annular flat coil L, which is fixed at the edge to a non-magnetic structure 5, beneath which two connection terminals B1 and B2 of the coil appear.
  • the device further comprises a mobile mass 13a, 13b, 6 and 15 composed of a magnetic structure which is connected to the non-magnetic structure without mechanical contact with the coil by means of a spring element 14.
  • the magnetic structure of the mobile mass comprises a ferromagnetic plate 6 on which are fixed two permanent magnets 13a and 13b adjacent direction of opposite magnetization opposite respectively two diametrically opposite portions of the coil.
  • the magnets generate a magnetic field B , which is conducted in the ferromagnetic plate 6, in a direction along the Y axis.
  • the current flowing in the coil portions is substantially perpendicular. to the magnetic field B in the direction of the Z axis.
  • a Laplace force in a direction along the X axis is obtained to oscillate the moving mass in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the coil.
  • L in the directions represented O + and O-.
  • This complementary plate 15 may be made of a material such as brass or tungsten.
  • the spring element 14, which holds the moving mass, comprises a base plate 14c fixed by two screws 17 via a non-magnetic plate 5 'to the non-magnetic structure 5, and two leaf springs 14a and 14b coming from with the base blade and disposed on two opposite sides of the base blade.
  • the leaf springs 14a and 14b are arranged perpendicular to the base plate 14c, so that the cross section forms a U.
  • the ferromagnetic plate 6 and the complementary plate 15 are placed between the leaf springs 14a and 14b with or without direct contact with each leaf spring.
  • the height of the ferromagnetic plate 6 and the complementary plate 15 is less than the height of each leaf spring 14a and 14b.
  • the spring blades 14a and 14b may each comprise two longitudinal through slots 8, which are dimensioned to adjust a theoretical resonance frequency of the vibrating device. By this adjustment of this frequency, the driving circuit of the vibrating device can be of relatively simple design.
  • the inductance of the coil is much lower than in the case of a coil mounted on a ferromagnetic yoke as explained in the document EP 0 625 738 .
  • the value of the inductance can be of the order of 1 to 1.5 mH, whereas in the case of a coil mounted on a ferromagnetic yoke, this inductance value can be of the order of 50 mH.
  • the induced voltage mainly related to the magnet-coil mutual flux is also lower with this low inductance, and a possible overvoltage of the coil in the measurement phase of the oscillation frequency can be much smaller without damaging the drive circuit .
  • the dimensions of such a vibrating device to equip such a wristwatch can be 10 mm long, 4 mm wide and 2 mm high.
  • the training method can also be applied to a vibrating device as presented in the document EP 0 625 738 .
  • a vibrating device as presented in the document EP 0 625 738 .

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  1. Verfahren zum Antreiben einer Schwingungseinrichtung (10) für ein tragbares Objekt, wobei die Einrichtung eine bewegliche Masse (6, 13a, 13b, 15) und eine Spule (L) aufweist, die elektromagnetisch mit der beweglichen Masse gekoppelt ist, um diese oszillieren zu lassen, in einer Aufrechterhaltungsphase periodischer Schwingungen der beweglichen Masse besteht das Verfahren darin, aufeinander folgende Rechteckpulse mit einer Spannung alternierender Polarität an der Spule mittels einer Antriebsschaltung (1) zu erzeugen, die an Anschlüssen (B1, B2) der Spule der Schwingungseinrichtung angeschlossen ist, wobei die Breite der aufeinander folgenden Pulse im Wesentlichen ähnlich dem Verlauf einer jeden aufeinander folgenden periodischen Schwingung moduliert ist, um eine Spannungswelle (SF) einer bestimmten Amplitude zu definieren, deren Grundfrequenz an die Resonanzfrequenz der beweglichen Masse angepasst ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die aufeinander folgenden Rechteckpulse der Spannung alternierender Polarität von der Antriebsschaltung ohne Unterbrechung zwischen jedem Puls der Spule bereitgestellt werden.
  2. Antriebsverfahren nach Anspruch 1, für welches die Antriebsschaltung in einem ersten Zweig erste und zweite Schaltelemente (P1, N1) aufweist, die in Reihe zwischen einer ersten und einer zweiten Versorgungsklemme (VBAT, VSS) einer Versorgungsspannung angeordnet sind und in einem zweiten Zweig dritte und vierte Schaltelemente (P2, N2) in Reihe zwischen den beiden elektrischen Versorgungsanschlüssen angeordnet sind, um mit der Spule eine H-Brücke zu bilden, deren erster Anschluss mit einem Verbindungsknoten des ersten und zweiten Schaltelements und dessen zweiter Anschluss mit einem Verbindungsknoten des dritten und vierten Schaltelements verbunden ist, und eine Logikschaltung (3) zur Erzeugung von Steuersignalen (A, B, C, D) für die Schaltelemente vorgesehen ist, um abwechselnd die ersten und vierten Schaltelemente (N1, P2), respektive die zweiten und dritten Schaltelemente (N2, P1) zu öffnen, um aufeinander folgende Rechteckpulse einer Spannung mit wechselnder Polarität der Spule zuzuführen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Amplitude der aufeinander folgenden Pulse der Spannung mit alternierender Polarität im Wesentlichen gleich einem kontinuierlich von der Spannungsquelle bereitgestellten Spannungswert ist, und dass die Breite der aufeinander folgenden Pulse der Spannung alternierender Polarität ähnlich dem Verlauf jeder Oszillationsperiode moduliert wird, um die Amplitude der Oszillationen der beweglichen Masse als Funktion der Amplitude der Welle einer sinusförmigen Spannung mit einer Grundfrequenz einzustellen, die derart bestimmt ist, um die Amplitude an Tragebedingungen des portablen Objekts anzupassen, indem die Amplitude der Welle der Grundfrequenz anlässlich einer Erhöhung oder einer Verringerung eines viskosen Reibungskoeffizienten erhöht oder verringert wird.
  3. Antriebsverfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die aufeinander folgenden Rechteckpulse der Spannung alternierender Polarität dazu eingerichtet sind, um in jeder Halbperiode, bezogen auf den Mittelpunkt der Halbperiode, eine gerade Symmetrie in jeder Halbperiode und in jeder Schwingungsperiode eine ungerade Symmetrie bezogen auf den Mittelpunkt der Schwingungsperiode aufzuweisen.
  4. Antriebsverfahren nach einem der Patentansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es darin besteht, einen Rechtseckspannungspuls in einer Anlaufphase der ursprünglich im Ruhezustand befindlichen beweglichen Masse zu erzeugen, und dass am Ende der Dauer des Anlauf-Rechteckpulses die Spule (L) mittels der Antriebsschaltung (1) in einen Zustand hoher Impedanz versetzt wird, um die Oszillationsfrequenz der beweglichen Masse (6, 13a, 13b, 15) zu messen, die zumindest einen Permanentmagnet (13a, 13b) aufweist, durch welche ein Zwischenwert der in der Spule induzierten Spannung bezogen auf die Spule durch die Bewegung der beweglichen Masse erzeugt wird.
  5. Antriebsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in der Aufrechterhaltungsphase der periodischen Schwingungen der beweglichen Masse das Verfahren darin besteht, die Spule (L) der Schwingungseinrichtung (10) mit einer Anzahl N aufeinander folgender Pulse alternierender Polarität für jede Oszillationsperiode zu erzeugen, wobei N eine gerade Zahl größer als 6 ist.
  6. Antriebsverfahren nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es an der Spule (14) aufeinander folgende Rechteckpulse einer Spannung alternierender Polarität in einer von 0 bis 360° definierten Schwingungsperiode bereitstellt, wobei die erste Inversion des Vorzeichens zwischen dem ersten und dem zweiten Puls vor dem Begin einer Periode zu einer Zeit oder einem Winkel a1 eintritt, die zweite Inversion des Vorzeichens zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten Puls zu einer Zeit oder einem Winkel a2 größer als a1 eintritt, die dritte Inversion des Vorzeichens zwischen dem dritten und dem vierten Puls zu einer Zeit oder Winkel a3 größer als a2 und kleiner als 90° eintritt, die vierte Inversion des Vorzeichens zwischen dem vierten und dem fünften Puls zu einer Zeit oder Winkel gleich 180° -a3 eintritt, die fünfte Inversion des Vorzeichens zwischen dem fünften und dem sechsten Puls zu einer Zeit oder Winkel gleich 180° -a2 eintritt, die sechste Inversion des Vorzeichens zwischen dem sechsten und dem siebten Puls zu einer Zeit oder Winkel gleich 180° -a1 eintritt, die achten bis vierzehnten Pulse in einer zweiten Halbperiode von 180° bis 360° durch eine ungerade Symmetrie der Pulse der ersten Halbperiode bezogen auf 180° erhalten werden.
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