GB2434266A - Agitation source drive circuit - Google Patents
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- H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
- B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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Abstract
A drive circuit comprises a signal generator 1 that outputs pulses S2 at a drive frequency; boost means 2 including a boost inductor L1 that produces high voltage pulses S3 and a filter 3 that removes unwanted higher harmonic frequencies and drives an agitation source P1 with sinusoidal drive signal S4. The drive circuit may be used with piezoelectric crystals for medical and household appliances. The piezoelectric crystal may also be used as a nebuliser (fig 6, 140) for waste water in a hand dryer (fig 6, 100) that also comprises a cavity (fig 6, 110) and a high speed airflow that is expelled through slot-like openings (fig 6, 130).
Description
<p>1 2434266 A Drive Circuit The invention relates to a drive circuit for
a high-frequency agitation source.</p>
<p>Particularly, the invention relates to a drive circuit for a piezoelectric crystal.</p>
<p>Piezoelectric crystals are well known in the art and are used for a number of purposes.</p>
<p>Piezoelectric motors, transformers and linear drives are common. An important use for a piezoelectric crystal is in nebulisation. There are many cases where a fine mist of a substance is required without the application of heat. One example of this is a medical nebuliser, wherein a pharmaceutical compound is nebulised by a piezoelectric crystal in order to be inhaled by a patient. Another use for nebulisers is in the field of water dispersal such as garden water features. In order to disperse a dispersal agent effectively, a high voltage, high frequency drive source is required. Typically, a piezoelectric crystal for use in nebulisation is driven at its resonance frequency. This frequency varies between piezoelectric crystals, however it is usually in the region of 1.6-1.7 MHz.</p>
<p>Drive circuits for piezoelectric crystals are well known in the art. A simple way of generating such a high frequency signal is through the use of a transistor circuit.</p>
<p>However, if this is done, a high voltage amplifier or a transformer is required to generate the peak to peak voltages needed to drive a piezoelectric crystal. Typically, these voltages are in the region of 100-150 V. Transformers are the most commonly used components for this purpose. However, they are often bulky and expensive.</p>
<p>A further requirement for an electronic device that will use a mains power supply is that Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards (EMC) have to be met. These standards define an acceptable level for the harmonic content in the current which electrical equipment draws from a mains AC supply, as well as an acceptable level of voltage distortion. A high-voltage square wave signal may contain an unacceptable level of harmonic content both for efficient driving of a piezoelectric crystal and for meeting the required standards of harmonic content. A common way of solving this problem is to pass the signal through a low-pass filter. If the low-pass filter is tuned to the fundamental driving frequency of the piezoelectric crystal, higher order harmonics can be filtered out, leaving only the fundamental frequency to drive the piezoelectric crystal. Often, a low-pass filter is also used to give a voltage gain. However, in order to drive a piezoelectric crystal at resonance, a relatively high quality factor is required. In order to achieve this with a low-pass filter such as an LC circuit, the capacitances of the system in which the LC circuit is located needs to be constant. However, the capacitance of wiring and the piezoelectric crystal itself may vary with temperature, age, condition and use.</p>
<p>Therefore, this often makes an LC circuit unsuitable for driving a piezoelectric crystal at the precise resonant frequency.</p>
<p>The invention provides a drive circuit for a high-frequency agitation source, the drive circuit comprising signal generating means for generating a train of low voltage square-wave pulses at a drive frequency, boost means including a boost inductor for generating a back EMF, the boost means being arranged to produce a high-voltage pulse train in response to the low-voltage square-wave pulse train and filter means for producing a drive signal having a pre-determined harmonic of the drive frequency, the drive signal being used to drive the high-frequency agitation source. Using the back EMF from an inductor to generate a high-voltage pulse train avoids the use of bulky and expensive transformers.</p>
<p>Preferably, the high-frequency agitation source is a piezoelectric crystal.</p>
<p>Advantageously, the filter means comprises a low-pass filter which includes an inductor in series with the high-frequency agitation source and a capacitor in parallel with the high-frequency agitation source.</p>
<p>The invention provides a simple and cost-effective circuit which is able to generate a high-voltage, high-frequency, clean sine wave signal to drive a piezoelectric crystal.</p>
<p>The invention is particularly suitable to drive a nebuliser for use in a hand dryer.</p>
<p>An embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a circuit diagram of a drive circuit according to the invention; Figure 2 is a graph showing an input signal S2 to a boost stage and a high-voltage output signal S3 from the boost stage; Figure 3 is a graph showing the cut off frequency of a filter stage; Figure 4a is a graph showing the high- voltage output S3 input to the filter stage and an output waveform S4 outputted from the filter stage; Figure 4b is an oscilloscope trace showing an actual output waveform S4 as supplied to the piezoelectric crystal; Figure 5 shows a fast fourier transform of the output waveform S4 illustrating the harmonic components of the waveform S4; and Figure 6 shows a hand dryer incorporating a nebuliser driven by the drive circuit of Figure 1.</p>
<p>Figure 1 shows a drive circuit according to the invention. The drive circuit is powered by a DC power source (not shown). The DC power source originates from an AC/DC converter powered by a mains electricity supply. The drive circuit comprises three stages: a signal generation stage 1, a boost stage 2 and a filter stage 3. The first stage is the signal generation stage 1. The signal generation stage I comprises a microprocessor unit MP1 for generating a synchronisation signal at, say, 1660 KHz. The microprocessor unit MIP1 is supplied at low voltage, for example 3.3 V. This microprocessor unit MPI includes a phase-locked ioop for multiplying the synchronisation signal to the required drive frequency. The output from the microprocessor unit MP 1 is connected to a pair of complementary push-pull Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) TR1, TR2. MOSFET TR1 is a low power p-channel MOSFET, and MOSFET TR2 is a low power n-channel MOSFET. The pair of MOSFETs TR1, TR2 provide a push-pull output drive. The push-pull arrangement of the MOSFETs TR1, TR2 is required to sink and source the gate charge and minimise switching losses. The output from the push-pull MOSFETs TR1, TR2 is connected to the gate of a power MOSFET TR3. The power MOSFET TR3 is supplied by a 5 V power rail. The source and drain of the power MOSFET TR3 form part of the boost stage 2 and act as a switch in the boost stage 2.</p>
<p>The boost stage 2 comprises an inductor Li, the source/drain of the power MOSFET TR3 and a capacitor Cl. The capacitor Cl is connected in parallel across the source/drain of the power MOSFET TR3. These components are connected between the 24 V and ground power rails of the power source. The inductor Li has an inductance of tH and the capacitor Cl has a capacitance of 1 nF.</p>
<p>Connected across the inductor LI is the filter stage 3. The filter stage 3 comprises a low pass filter. The low-pass filter includes an inductor L2 in series with the boost stage 2, and a capacitor C2 in parallel with the boost stage 2. The capacitance of capacitor C2 and the inductance of the inductor L2 are selected such that the resonant frequency of the low-pass filter is approximately equal to the drive frequency of the piezoelectric crystal. The capacitor C2 has a capacitance of 2.2 nF and the inductor L2 has an inductance of 4.7 iH. Figure 3 shows the attenuation characteristics of the filter stage.</p>
<p>These values are chosn in order to provide a 3 dB roll off frequency of approximately 1.6 MHz. Expressed another way, the resonant frequency of the filter stage 3 is centred on the drive frequency of the piezoelectric crystal according to the relationship f0 = 1/(2tLC) where L is the inductance of the inductor L2 and C is the capacitance of the capacitor C2. Connected across the output from the filter stage 3 is a piezoelectric crystal P1.</p>
<p>In operation, the microprocessor generates a 1660 KHz synchronisation signal. The phase-locked ioop multiplies the synchronisation signal by 1024 to generate a drive signal Si close to 1.7 MHz. The drive signal Si from the microprocessor unit MP1 is then supplied to the complementary push-pull transistor driver. The MOSFETs TRI, TR2 of the push-pull drive generate a square-wave signal S2 which is supplied to the power MOSFET TR3. l0</p>
<p>The square-wave signal S2 switches the power MOSFET TR3 on or off depending upon whether the square-wave signal S2 is high or low. When the square-wave signal S2 is high, the power MOSFET TR3 is switched on, the source/drain of the power MOSFET TR3 conducts and completes the circuit between the 24 V power rail and ground. When this happens, the inductor Li begins to charge. When the square-wave signal S2 returns to a low state, the power MOSFET TR3 is switched off. This generates a large rate of change of current in the boost stage 2. The magnetic field established in the inductor Li during the on phase of the MOSFET TR3 attempts to resist the change in current. This generates a large back EMF in the inductor Li which produces a high-voltage output signal S3. The high-voltage output signal S3 is shown in Figure 2. The high-voltage output signal S3 consists of a series of peaks which correspond to the back emf generated by the inductor Li. The timing of the leading edges of the peaks corresponds to the timing of the trailing edges of the square-wave signal S2. The high-voltage output signal S3 has the same duty cycle as the square-wave signal S2. The peak amplitude of the high- voltage output signal S3 is in the region of 90 V. The peak amplitude of the high-voltage output signal S3 is limited by the capacitor Ci. The capacitor Cl spreads the energy released by the inductor Li over a greater time period, reducing the maximum peak voltage generated. This is required to protect the power MOSFET TR3 from damage.</p>
<p>The high-voltage output signal S3 has a high voltage and a pulse period equal to the inverse of the drive frequency. However, it is not a clean signal. By this is meant that the high-voltage output signal S3 comprises a number of different frequencies in addition to the fundamental frequency. Any waveform or pulse train can be expressed as a superposition of sine waves of different harmonic frequencies. The high-voltage output signal S3 comprises a large number of unwanted harmonic frequencies. These harmonic frequencies are undesirable because they may affect the operation of the piezoelectric crystal and generate a large amount of unwanted harmonic distortion.</p>
<p>In order to remove the unwanted higher harmonic frequencies from the high-voltage output signal S3 and leave only the fundamental frequency, the filter stage 3 is used.</p>
<p>The filter stage 3 removcs the higher order harmonics present in the high-voltage output signal S3, and the output S4 from the filter stage 3 is a clean sine wave with a peak-to-peak voltage of 100-140 V and a drive frequency of 1.7 MHz. Figure 4a shows a schematic drawing of the input waveform of the high-voltage output S3 and the output waveform S4. Figure 4b shows an actual output waveform S4 output from the filter stage 3 as "seen" by the piezoelectric crystal P1. The waveform is a sine-wave at the fundamental frequency of approximately 1.7 MHz. Figure 5 shows a fast Fourier transform of this wavefonm The X-axis shows the frequency (in MHz) and the Y-axis shows the strength of the harmonic components (in units of dBVrms). The figure illustrates that the low pass filter successfully removes the majority of the unwanted harmonic frequencies. A component of the second harmonic still remains, however it is attenuated such that the circuit meets EMC requirements. The output S4 is then used to drive the piezoelectric crystal at a frequency of approximately 1.7 MHz.</p>
<p>The above-described embodiment of the invention is a low-cost circuit for generating a clean, high-voltage, high-frequency sinusoidal waveform from a DC source. The invention may be used in any situation where a high frequency agitation source is required to be driven cheaply and effectively. The low component count of the circuit and the absence of a transformer also reduces the physical size of the circuit. This is of benefit to applications where size is a crucial factor, for example, household appliances or medical devices.</p>
<p>The above-described embodiment of the invention is particularly suited for use in a hand dryer such as that shown in Figure 6. The hand dryer 100 includes a cavity 110.</p>
<p>The cavity 110 is open at its upper end 120 and the dimensions of the opening are sufficient to allow a user's hands (not shown) to be inserted easily into the cavity 110 for drying. A high-speed airflow is generated by a motor unit having a fan (not shown).</p>
<p>The high-speed airflow is expelled through two slot-like openings 130 disposed at the upper end 120 of the cavity 110 to dry the user's hands. A drain (not shown) for draining the water removed from a user's hands from the cavity 110 is located at the lower end of the cavity 110. A nebuliser 140 is located downstream of the drain. The nebuliser 140 is shown partially removed from the hand dryer 100 in Figure 6. The nebuliser 140 is partially cut away to show the location of the above-described drive circuit 150. The nebuliser 140 includes a collector (not shown) for collecting waste water and a piezoelectric crystal (not shown) for nebulising the waste water. The piezoelectric crystal is driven by the drive circuit 150. The low component count and low cost of the drive circuit means that it is smaller, cheaper to manufacture and less likely to fail. This means that the size of the hand dryer can be reduced, the reliability of the hand dryer can be improved and the cost of maintenance is reduced.</p>
<p>Et will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings. The magnitude and frequency of the drive source may be varied depending upon the required application. For example, it is common to drive a piezoelectric crystal at a range of frequencies. However, it is most common to drive a piezoelectric crystal at, or close to, its resonant frequency. For most piezoelectric crystals this frequency lies in the range between 1.5 to 2 MHz.</p>
<p>Further, the physical quantities of the described electronic components also may be varied in value. This could be done, for example, to change the resonant point of the filter stage, or to increase or decrease the back EMF generated by the boost inductor.</p>
<p>However, it is desirable that the back EMF generated by the boost inductor is greater than 50 V. There need not be only one low-pass LC filter. The filter stage 3 may comprise two LC filters in series to attenuate better the higher harmonic frequencies. Further, other forms of signal generator could be used. What is important is that an inductor is used to generate a back EMF to amplify a pulse train, and this signal is then converted into a single-frequency sine wave using a filter.</p>
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- <p>CLAIMS</p><p>1. A drive circuit for a high-frequency agitation source, the drive circuit comprising signal generating means for generating a train of low voltage square-wave pulses at a drive frequency, boost means including a boost inductor for generating a back EMF, the boost means being arranged to produce a high-voltage pulse train in response to the low-voltage square-wave pulse train and filter means for producing a drive signal having a pre-determined harmonic of the drive frequency, the drive signal being used to drive the high-frequency agitation source.</p><p>
- 2. A drive circuit according to claim 1, wherein the high-frequency agitation source is a piezoelectric crystal.</p><p>
- 3. A drive circuit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the filter means comprises a low-pass filter.</p><p>
- 4. A drive circuit according to claim 3, wherein the filter means comprises an inductor in series with the high-frequency agitation source and a capacitor in parallel with the high-frequency agitation source.</p><p>
- 5. A drive circuit according to any one of the preceding claims, further including a DC power source and a power rail supplied by the DC power source.</p><p>
- 6. A drive circuit according to claim 5, wherein the boost inductor is connected in parallel between the power rail of the DC power source and ground.</p><p>
- 7. A drive circuit according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the boost means further comprises switching means for switching the power rail on or off in response to the train of low-voltage square-wave pulses.</p><p>
- 8. A drive circuit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the drive frequency is in the region of 1.5 -2 MHz.</p><p>
- 9. A drive circuit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the boost inductor generates a back EMF greater than 50 V.
- 10. A drive circuit as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.</p><p>11. A nebuliser incorporating the drive circuit according to any one of the preceding claims.</p><p>12. A hand dryer incorporating the nebuliser as claimed in claim
- 11.</p>
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