WO2010136342A1 - Schaltungsanordnung und verfahren zum betätigen eines piezoventils - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a circuit arrangement and a method for actuating a piezoelectric valve with at least one actuator, which is formed by a piezoelectric bending transducer having (at least) two elongated each extending along a longitudinal direction of the bending transducer piezoelectric actuators. Furthermore, the invention relates to a use of such circuit arrangements and / or actuation methods.
- Such a circuit arrangement and such a method are z. B. from DE 103 46 693 Al known.
- the known circuit arrangement is used for actuating a piezoelectric valve, which is used to control a closed volume of air.
- the valve can z.
- the three states “filling”, “holding pressure” and “venting” provide for.
- the two piezoelectric actuators form a piezo stack comprising two piezoelectrically active counteracting components in order to permit a deflection in both directions (transverse to the longitudinal direction) with respect to an undeflected rest position.
- piezo valves have a variety of applications. Such valves can very advantageously be used, for example, as controllable air valves in systems for changing the contour of motor vehicle seats.
- a fundamental problem when using a piezoelectric bending transducer (“piezobigger") as an actuator in a piezoelectric valve is that the bending transducer is a system with more or less pronounced mechanical resonances and thus can perform unwanted vibrations.
- Such flexing of the flexural transducer may compromise the quantitative valve function (setting a precise valve opening degree). Other adverse effects are z. As an undesirable in many applications noise and / or an unnecessary additional mechanical stress of the bending transducer.
- Unwanted vibrations of the bending transducer can, for. B. caused as a result of relatively abrupt valve actuation operations. And even with a valve opening degree that is slow or unchanged, such vibrations can also be caused by the (turbulent) mass flow flowing through the valve.
- the flow through the valve with the relevant medium eg air, hydraulic oil, etc.
- the relevant medium eg air, hydraulic oil, etc.
- the circuit arrangement according to the invention comprises at least one driver with a driver input for inputting an actuation control signal and a driver output for generating an actuator drive signal to be selectively output to one of the two piezoactuators in response to the actuation control signal.
- a driver input for inputting an actuation control signal
- a driver output for generating an actuator drive signal to be selectively output to one of the two piezoactuators in response to the actuation control signal.
- the circuit arrangement further comprises a detection device and a feedback device (see claim 1), so that the actuation control signal, by means of which one of the two Pizeoaktoren is driven, a suitable vibration damping vibration generated attenuation signal at the driver input can be superimposed.
- the other piezoelectric actuator which is currently not actuated, can be used as a sensor for determining the existing oscillation (amplitude and phase position).
- Aktoran Kunststoffsignals can be used on per se known driver concepts. So it is z.
- a driver in common for the generation of the Aktoran Kunststoffsignals optionally to be issued to different piezo actuators by the driver is equipped with a suitable switching to supply the generated Aktoran Kunststoffsignal each currently actuated piezoelectric actuator.
- a dedicated driver is provided for each of the two piezo actuators.
- the driver may be on the output side z. B. comprise a push-pull output stage, which is designed for generating or setting an Aktoran horrendin in a range which substantially corresponds to a supply voltage of the driver.
- the driver is designed to provide an actuator drive voltage (maximum voltage that can be reached by operation) of more than 50V, in particular more than 100V.
- a setpoint specification (actuation control signal) provided for the actuator control can be smoothed, in particular low-pass filtered and / or ramp-limited, provided at the driver input. This advantageously reduces the effect that resonances are excited when the setpoint changes in steps.
- the circuit arrangement according to the invention can be advantageously realized by a rather minor modification of previously known circuit arrangements.
- the solution pursued by the invention consists in the simplest case in an extension of an existing circuit structure for controlling one or more Aktoran Kunststoffsignale depending on one or more actuation control signals, the extension of the existing circuit structure of at least one additional feedback (feedback) a signal to the input of the circuit consists.
- the additionally required signal according to the invention (“vibration damping signal”) is generated by means of the piezoelectric actuator used as sensor in certain operating phases.
- the piezoelectric actuator (currently not controlled piezoelectric actuator") which is operationally used as the sensor is always one and the same piezoelectric actuator of the at least two piezoactuators and the vibration damping according to the invention thus always takes place only during the activation of the other piezoelectric actuator.
- operationally different piezoelectric actuators (depending on the actual instantaneous operating situation) are used as sensor.
- the bending transducer as such may advantageously be formed in a conventional manner, for. B. as a system of two piezoceramic components ("bimorph"), or as a system of two piezoceramic components with a passive liner ("trimorph").
- the number of piezoceramic components is by no means limited to two. Rather, it is also possible to provide a system comprising a larger number of piezoceramic components (in general: "multimorph").
- Each piezoceramic component or each piezoactuator of the bending transducer used can be constructed from a single layer of a piezoceramic (single layer technology) or also from a plurality of such piezoactive layers (multilayer technology).
- Invention preferred embodiment it is in the piezoelectric bending transducer to a trimorphic bending transducer with each z. B. trained in single layer technology piezoelectric actuators.
- the so-called transverse effect is utilized, in which the expansion or contraction direction extends transversely (eg perpendicularly) to the direction of the electric field generated by the control.
- the so-called longitudinal effect is used for one or more piezo actuators of the bending transducer in the control.
- the starting point is unipolar activation of a trimorphic or multimorph bending transducer which can act in at least two directions by electrical actuation of at least two counter-acting piezoceramic structures (single layer or multilayer). It is essential for the invention that operationally at least one actuation state is provided in which at least one of the piezo actuators is actuated and at least one other of the piezo actuators is not actuated at the same time.
- At least one of the momentarily non-actuated piezoactuators is used as a "sensor" (for vibration detection) in order to influence the activation of at least one of the piezoactuators actually actuated at the same moment in the sense of damping unwanted vibrations (active vibration damping).
- the invention can also be readily applied to bipolar actuated piezoelectric actuators.
- the piezo valve to be actuated according to the invention may also contain a plurality of bending transducers used to actuate the valve.
- a plurality of bending transducers used to actuate the valve.
- An example of this is a 3/3-way valve with a connection for a controllable fluid volume, a filling connection and a drain connection, wherein a first bending transducer for opening and closing a passage between the controllable volume and the filling connection and a second bending transducer for opening and closing a Passage between the controllable volume and the exhaust port is used. It can be provided that the two bending transducers are controlled by one and the same actuating control signal, but complementary to each other.
- main resonance can, for. B. in the range of 300 to 600 Hz.
- Other significant resonances can z. B. occur above about 1500 Hz in partially dense frequency intervals.
- secondary resonances Such in terms of frequency higher resonances are also referred to below as “secondary resonances”.
- a peculiarity of secondary resonances is also that they occur in an excited main resonance in appearance or can be excited by the main resonance.
- the detection device is a current source for generating a current in one with the currently not controlled
- a supply (control) from a voltage source hereinafter referred to as "high voltage source", the z. B. may be formed by an end stage of the driver used.
- high voltage here refers to the fact that a voltage typically used to drive piezoactuators is significantly greater than a voltage or voltage change at the same piezoelectric actuator during its use as a sensor. A sensor voltage generated in this way is typically orders of magnitude below the drive voltage required to drive the same piezoelectric actuator.
- the term "high voltage” in the context of the invention already includes voltages of z.
- a second voltage source used to feed the piezoactuator in sensor operation can supply the piezoactuator with a lower voltage of, for example, 10 kHz.
- B. apply the same polarity.
- This "low voltage” can z. B. by at least a factor of 10, in particular at least a factor of 50, smaller than the operational maximum achievable Aktoran horrend.
- the mentioned line via a current direction-dependent component such. B. a diode connected to the relevant piezoelectric actuator.
- a current direction-dependent component such. B. a diode connected to the relevant piezoelectric actuator.
- the low-voltage source can advantageously be protected by the current-direction-dependent component with respect to the high-voltage source.
- the functional principle of the detection of the e- lectric measured variable can then z. B. based on that the low-voltage source feeds a defined current in the branch or said line of the sensor operated as a piezoelectric actuator, the z. B. on the internal resistance of a likewise connected to the piezoelectric actuator driver ab- flows (eg according to electrical ground).
- detection current as a result of the piezoelectric effect, can then be passed on, for example via the optionally provided current-direction-dependent component, or used to generate the required vibration damping signal.
- a plurality of piezoactuators which can be used as sensor in different operating phases can advantageously also be connected to a shared detection device via a corresponding plurality of respectively associated current-direction-dependent components. These piezoactuators can thus be combined for an active (depending on operational situation) signal feedback for active vibration damping (if only one of these piezoactuators is used as the sensor).
- the sensor signal such as the mentioned detection current or its changes, is usually relatively small, it is advisable to amplify this signal as part of the detection and / or feedback.
- An embodiment which is advantageous with regard to the detection of a sensor signal provides that the current measuring device is formed by a transimpedance amplifier.
- the change in the detection current caused by the piezoelectric effect can be measured by means of such a transimpedance amplifier and used as an amplified voltage signal for the feedback or can be input to a feedback device provided for this purpose.
- the current direction-dependent component eg diode
- a current-direction-dependent component in the manner described advantageously eliminates the need for more expensive measures for galvanic isolation (eg high-voltage coupling capacitor) between the high-voltage source and the low-voltage source. Also, no signal attenuation (for example by means of a voltage divider) is necessary so that the voltage or current swing of the piezoelectric actuator used as the sensor can be utilized virtually completely. In this case, the influence of a noise on the feedback branch or control circuit for active vibration damping is advantageously reduced.
- a gain of the current measuring device in particular z. B. a transimpedance amplifier contained therein, is provided variable.
- Such variability can operationally z. B. be used to advantage, the intensity of the vibration damping as high as possible, but without undesirable effects occur.
- a maximization of the damping by an operation can be set as close as possible to the (control-technical) stability limit, but still in the stable range.
- variability can be used operationally to adjust or adapt the intensity of the damping as a function of predetermined operating parameters or operating situations.
- the detection device and / or the feedback device can be provided several times in order to provide active vibration damping for various bending transducers (one or more piezoelectric valves) in a pneumatic or hydraulic system.
- the gain z. B. advantageous the intensity of the attenuation to individual control channels or respective conditions (Vor- pressure, backpressure, flow, line length, load volume, duration of control, etc.).
- the amplification can be done depending on the operating point or adaptive.
- the strength of each occurring resonance can be determined and evaluated by a measurement in the region of the feedback signal. Such an evaluation can, for.
- Example be performed by a program-controlled electronic control device (eg., Microcontroller), which is supplied to a signal representative of the vibration damping signal (eg supplied via an analog-to-digital converter).
- a program-controlled electronic control device eg., Microcontroller
- the control device can vary the extent of the damping, that is to say by an appropriate setting of the stated gain according to an algorithm, in order to minimize the unwanted vibrations of the bending transducer.
- a change in the gain to zero corresponds to a deactivation or complete deactivation of the vibration damping.
- the vibration damping is provided deactivatable by deactivating the detection device and / or the feedback device.
- Such deactivation can z. B. depending on operating parameters that are detected at a respective pneumatic or hydraulic system, and z. B. be realized by the above-mentioned variation of the detection gain to zero.
- the dynamics of the valve actuation can be improved in particular in certain operating situations by means of a shutdown and / or any other undesired effects of the active vibration damping can be avoided.
- testing of the damping is possible. Such a possibility for testing is z. B. interesting for a diagnosis regarding the proper function, be it in the context of manufacturing the circuit arrangement or a system equipped with it, or in the subsequent operation of such a system (eg., Diagnosis in a workshop).
- the shutdown of the damping can be accomplished by means of a band-limited or ramp-limited change of a reference voltage of the transimpedance amplifier, so that this amplifier or z.
- a downstream filter eg., Low pass filter
- a band limitation ensures a soft hiding or subsequent insertion of the damping (while avoiding an additional excitation of a resonance).
- the inventively provided additional signal feedback for active vibration damping should essentially act only in a frequency range that is outside the useful frequency range of the valve or "normal" Aktoran Kunststoffung (actuator voltage setting). If such a voltage setting is designed for a DC operation and the low frequency range, it follows that the additional feedback must have a bandpass characteristic above it. In the design of the feedback device, the behavior of the remaining circuit parts used for the actual actuator control (eg with low-pass characteristic) is expediently to be considered or suitably interpreted / optimized.
- the feedback device or the feedback of the vibration damping signal is not "hard-wired" but implemented by a program-controlled electronic device (eg microcontroller).
- the signal to be returned can be determined by a software-based algorithm.
- the detected at the moment not controlled piezoelectric actuator signal can be read in this case via an analog-to-digital converter in the program-controlled device which generates the vibration damping signal according to an algorithm and z. B. via a digital-to-analog converter or outputs as a PWM signal.
- a sufficiently high sampling frequency should be provided in order to minimize adverse effects due to dead times.
- the program-controlled device may also operatively vary the above-discussed variation in the amount of vibration damping (depending on predetermined criteria), such as to provide different modes of operation for the active vibration damping.
- the frequency range of the additional feedback is influenced or limited by the finite bandwidth of the circuit components (eg driver, detection device, feedback device). Therefore, in particular no secondary resonances of a higher frequency can be attenuated, for which exceeds the phase shift or phase delay of the open loop to a certain extent (eg greater than or equal to 180 °). In such frequency ranges, the gain of the additional feedback must always be much smaller than 1 in order to ensure the stability and robustness in terms of control technology.
- the frequency selectivity allows the actuator voltage adjustment and vibration damping to be carried out both in parallel and in cascade structure.
- a filter with bandpass or low-pass characteristic is provided in a signal return path of the feedback device. This can advantageously be a distinction between the above-explained requirements or criteria for an active vibration damping.
- a cutoff frequency of the low pass characteristic is greater than a main resonant frequency of the bending transducer and / or is smaller than a first side resonance frequency of the bending transducer.
- the filter is an oscillatory low-pass filter with (at least) one resonant frequency, which is preferably between a main resonant frequency and a first minor resonant frequency.
- the resonance frequency of the low-pass filter lies between the main resonance (eg lowest main resonance) and the lowest secondary resonance of the bending transducer, the amplitude amplification in the region of the secondary resonances can be significantly reduced without causing too high a phase shift in the region of the main resonance.
- a low-pass filter of even order can be used, which has no real pole and consequently no premature phase drop below the cutoff frequency.
- the resonance frequency of the low-pass filter lies in a frequency range in which the bending transducer has a relatively high attenuation (band-stop characteristic).
- band-stop characteristic the amplitude overshoot of the low-pass filter is harmless for the damping or the control engineering stability.
- the driver or high-voltage amplifier or other components involved in the additional feedback can also be designed with a similar characteristic as the low-pass filter (or bandpass filter) or can be designed / optimized to that effect. This can be the effect the low-pass filter described are additionally supported.
- the feedback of the vibration damping signal to the driver input takes place via a coupling capacitor or in another way with a suppression of the DC signal component (eg with a bandpass characteristic).
- a coupling capacitor or in another way with a suppression of the DC signal component eg with a bandpass characteristic.
- Such coupling of the vibration damping signal brings particular advantages if a quiescent voltage level of the return for the damping is not at a correspondingly neutral voltage (eg OV).
- a targeted phase correction eg so-called PDT1 behavior
- PDT1 behavior e.g so-called PDT1 behavior
- a preferred use of the circuit arrangement according to the invention and / or the actuation method according to the invention is the actuation of a fluid valve (eg air valve) which is used for a contour change of a motor vehicle seat.
- a fluid valve eg air valve
- At least two operating modes are provided for the change in contour of the seat, namely a first mode ("driving dynamics mode") in which the setting of a filling amount (eg fluid pressure or air pressure) of a completed contour change volume is automatically performed Depending on a driving condition of the vehicle in question, and a second mode
- Operating mode in which this level of filling takes place in dependence on user inputs (on dedicated controls such as electrical switches, etc., or by means of an on-board computer). Also, z. For example, a third operating mode may be provided, which is provided for readjusting the filling level over longer periods of time (eg about minutes to days).
- the amount of active vibration damping (z, B. by adjustment of the detection device and / or the feedback device) is varied depending on the current operating mode.
- the vibration damping amount is set smaller in the driving dynamics mode than in the user operating mode.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a circuit arrangement for actuating a piezoelectric valve according to a first exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a circuit arrangement for actuating a piezoelectric valve according to a second exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of a more specific embodiment of the circuit arrangement of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 shows a diagram of various transfer functions (concerning amplitude A and phase P) in the circuit arrangement according to FIGS. 2 and 3, and
- Fig. 5 is a representation for illustrating an application example of a trained as a 3/3-way valve piezoelectric valve.
- FIG. 1 shows a circuit arrangement 10 for actuating a piezoelectric valve with at least one actuator, which is formed by a piezoelectric bending transducer 12, which has two piezoactuators 14, 16 elongated along a common longitudinal direction of the bending transducer 12.
- it is a bimorph or trimorphic bending transducer 12, which can be controlled by an optional to one of the two piezo actuators 14, 16 Aktoran tenusignal “out” (actuator voltage) in two directions of action (transverse to the longitudinal direction).
- a free end of the bending transducer 12 may be formed as the flow through the piezo valve controlling valve body or provided with such a valve body.
- the valve body is arranged in the un-actuated state of the bending transducer 12 (both actuator voltages OV) at a small distance from the mouth of a fluid passage passage of the valve, so can by the selective control of one of the two piezo actuators 14, 16 z.
- a (full) opening or closing of the valve can be effected.
- valve body already closes such an opening in the case of an uncontrolled bending transducer and the valve is activated at the orifice (in the valve closing direction) by the selective actuation of one of the two piezoactuators 14, 16. It is essential that during operation of the circuit arrangement 10 for actuation of the piezo valve operational situations are provided, in which only one of the two piezo actuators 14, 16 actuated (acted upon by an actuator voltage) is, whereas the other piezoelectric actuator remains uncontrolled at this moment ,
- a driver 20 with a Trei- input 22 for inputting an actuation control signal "in” and a driver output 24 for generating or output of Aktoran Kunststoffsignals "out".
- Associated with the driver 20 is a symbolized in the figure with Sl switching means, by means of which the drive signal out either to the piezoelectric actuator 14 or the piezoelectric actuator 16 can be fed.
- This switching is accomplished by a switching signal "sw" which is also generated and output by the driver 20 based on the operation control signal.
- the driver 20 is powered by a supply voltage between
- Vs and GND electrical ground supplies and supplies as the Aktoran Kunststoffsignal out an adjusted between these supply potentials GND, Vs Aktoran Kunststoffpotenzial to a drive electrode of the respective piezoelectric actuator 14 and 16.
- a second drive electrode of the piezoelectric actuators 14, 16 is provided for both piezoelectric actuators together and connected to the electrical ground GND.
- a special feature of the circuit arrangement 10 is that it further comprises a detection device 30 and a feedback device 32.
- the detection device 30 By means of the detection device 30 is in operating situations in which the piezoelectric actuator 16 is not activated, a ne electrical measurement detected at this piezoelectric actuator 16, which is in any way representative of the vibration state of the bending transducer 12.
- the detection device is connected via at least one line 34 with the piezoelectric actuator 16 used as a "sensor" for a vibration state.
- the detection device 30 itself generates an electrical measurement variable (eg voltage or current, constant or variable) and measures, and possibly amplifies, an electrical measurement variable that can be detected in response to the piezoelectric actuator 16.
- an electrical measurement variable eg voltage or current, constant or variable
- the detection device 30 is connected via at least one line 36 (or line arrangement) with the feedback device 32 in connection, which serves to generate a vibration damping signal "fb" on the basis of the detected measured variable and this vibration damping signal fb for
- Driver input 22 of the driver 20 to return.
- a further amplification and / or other signal conditioning or signal conversion eg filtering, in particular phase shifting
- the returned oscillation damping signal fb influences the generation of the Aktoran Kunststoffsignals out for the active piezoelectric actuator taking place in this moment by the driver 20
- the vibration damping signal "fb” is suitably superimposed on the actuation control signal "in” which is likewise input to the driver 20.
- the piezoactuators 14, 16 are alternately driven, d. H. activation of the piezoactuator 16 takes place only after the other piezoactuator 14 has been deactivated again (adjustment of the actuator drive voltage to OV), and vice versa.
- the active vibration damping realized by means of the detection device 30 and the feedback device 32 acts only during activation of the piezoactuator 14.
- the piezoactuator 16 is actuated, and accordingly the piezoelectric actuator 14 is not driven, no vibration damping is provided. This can be z. B.
- an active vibration damping for driving the piezoelectric actuator 16 could be provided, such as by a second feedback path through another detection device and another Feedback device is formed, which extends from the piezoelectric actuator 14 to the driver input 22.
- the components 30, 32 shown in the figure could also be used for this purpose, wherein an operational situation-dependent switching between the piezoactuators 14, 16 to be used as a sensor takes place with regard to the detection of the electrical measured variable.
- FIG. 1 Shown in dashed lines in FIG. 1 is a possible extension for triggering a further piezoelectric bending transducer, which can likewise be actuated by means of the driver 20 and from which likewise one of the piezoactuators can be connected to the detection device 30 in order to control it in the non-activated state to be used as a vibration sensor.
- FIG. 2 shows in a somewhat more detailed block diagram a further exemplary embodiment of a circuit arrangement 10a for actuating a piezoelectric valve with at least one piezoelectric bending transducer 12a.
- the circuit arrangement 10a comprises two drivers 20a and 20a 'which are each assigned to one of two piezoactuators 14a, 16a of the bending transducer 12a.
- the driver 20a generates an actuator drive signal out to be outputted to the piezoactuator 14a as required as a function of a first actuation control signal, which is input via a smoothing filter consisting of resistors R1, R2 and a capacitor C1 to an input 22a of the driver 20a.
- the driver 20a generates an as needed actuator output to the piezoelectric actuator 16a Aktoran tenusignal out 'in response to a second actuation control signal in', which via a smoothing filter consisting of resistors Rl ', R2' and a capacitor Cl 'at an input 22a' of the driver 20a 'entered becomes.
- an active vibration damping is also provided in operating phases of a control of the piezoactuator 14a even in the case of the circuit arrangement 10a, the other piezoactuator 16a, which is not activated at this moment, being used as a sensor for determining the existing oscillation ,
- a branch to a line 34a ' is provided at a circuit node K1, via which a measurement current Id is fed to the circuit node K1, which is represented by the current source 40a symbolized in FIG is generated and flows out via the internal resistance of the driver 20a 'to the electrical ground GND (the current source 40a can be realized, for example, via a resistor which is fed by a stabilized voltage (low voltage)).
- the measuring current Id is conducted to the circuit node K1 via a diode D1 and changes as a function of a vibration of the bending transducer 12a. Via a connection of the line 34a 'to a transimpedance amplifier 42a (with reference rence voltage source 44a), the measuring current Id or its changes is measured and amplified.
- a voltage signal thus generated at the output of the transimpedance amplifier 42a on the basis of the detected measured variable is input to a low-pass filter 46a and coupled via a resistor R3 and a coupling capacitor C2 as a vibration damping signal fb to the driver input 22a (circuit node K2).
- transimpedance amplifier 42 a z. B. a (not shown) according to externally wired inverting operational amplifier are used, which adjusts the voltage at the diode Dl to a reference voltage and measures the required current.
- the reference voltage can, for. B. be generated via a port of a microcontroller and a downstream low pass.
- a feedback device 32a is formed by the low-pass filter 46a and the components R3, C2.
- the low-pass filter 46a is preferably designed as an active filter, more preferably z. B. realized as a so-called "Sallen-Key-Filter”.
- diode D1 which leads from the line 34a to a circuit node (K1) in a piezo drive line
- a plurality (parallel arrangement) of such diodes could also be provided, each leading from such a current source 40a to different circuit nodes which are shown in still further (FIG. not shown) control lines of the circuit arrangement are provided (for controlling further bending transducers).
- the circuit for feedback for the purpose of vibration damping can be used repeatedly (unless the respective bending transducers are operated simultaneously). On the output side, the feedback is then fed back to all relevant inputs (of which at most one is active).
- a dashed line in the lower part of FIG. 2 shows a corresponding, exemplary modification of the component 30a-1 with three diodes D1, D2, D3.
- this can also be used for the complementary control of a pair of bending transducers, for. B. for actuating the already mentioned above 3/3-way valve with two valve passages, each of which a bending transducer is assigned.
- the second bending transducer can be added to the first bending transducer shown in FIG. 2 in a parallel connection, so that when a drive voltage "out" is output, one piezoactuator of the two bending transducers is driven, and when the other drive voltage "out 1 " is output each other piezoelectric actuator of the two bending transducers is driven.
- Sensor signal detection and feedback for the purpose of vibration damping can also be used for the second bending transducer after slight modification.
- the detection of the further sensor signal z For example, the above-described parallel arrangement of diodes for multiple use of the current source 40 and the other components of the detection and feedback can be used.
- a corresponding further coupling-in connection would have to be established, e.g. B. by means of another coupling capacitor (corresponding to the illustrated capacitor C2).
- parts of the circuit corresponding to the extension in FIG. 1 can also be shared, in particular also the coupling-in connection.
- FIG. 3 once again illustrates a possible embodiment of the circuit arrangement 10a in a functional block diagram.
- a program-controlled electronic control device in the form of a microcontroller 50a is also shown, by means of which the actuation control signal is generated in (eg as a PWM signal) and supplied to the smoothing filter 52a (corresponding to the components R1, C1, R2 in FIG Fig. 2).
- the smoothed input signal is fed to a PI controller 56a via an addition element 54a.
- the output signal of the PI controller 56a is fed to an output stage 58a, which generates the actuator drive signal out or out 'in response to this activation and outputs it to the bending transducer 12a.
- a switching signal sw likewise generated by the microcontroller 50a, the output of the signal out or out 'as required is controlled to the piezoactuator 14a or 16a.
- control of the actuator drive signal out, out 'output as a voltage signal takes place by means of a measuring element 60a, which measures the actual actuator voltage ("actual signal”) and feeds it back to the addition element 54a for comparison with the actuation control signal ("setpoint value").
- the active feedback for damping unwanted vibrations during the activation of the piezoactuator 14a is symbolized in the figure by the components 30a and 32a (detection device and feedback device).
- the microcontroller 50a also generates a corresponding enable / disable signal crtl by means of which the amplification made in the feedback device 32a (transimpedance amplifier) can be varied (up to a complete shutdown of the active vibration damping).
- amplification made in the feedback device 32a transimpedance amplifier
- z. B an input of the signal "fb" via an analog-to-digital converter in the microcontroller 50 a done (not shown in Fig. 3).
- a pressure measuring device 62a is shown in FIG. 3, which outputs a measurement signal representative of the actual fluid pressure to the microcontroller 50a.
- FIG. 4 shows, by way of example only, a diagram with (simulated) frequency and phase responses of different signal paths of the circuit arrangement 10a.
- the curve "a" describes the transfer function from the output of the driver to the output of the transimpedance amplifier.
- the amplitude of the side resonances is similar in height to that of the main resonance or even higher.
- the amplitude overshoot of the low-pass filter falls within a range of high attenuation of the piezoelectric actuator and thus does not result in the transfer function of the open control loop (curve "d") to an amplitude gain in the range of 0 dB or about it.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the use of a bending transducer 12b (or an arrangement of several such bending transducers) actuated in the manner described above as an actuator (s) of a (for example, proportional) directional control valve, here a proportional 3/3-way valve 70b for filling and Emptying a fluid volume 72b, which z. B. represents a closed volume of air in a motor vehicle seat.
- a bending transducer 12b or an arrangement of several such bending transducers
- a proportional 3/3-way valve 70b for filling and Emptying a fluid volume 72b, which z. B. represents a closed volume of air in a motor vehicle seat.
- the filling and emptying operations can z. B. by means of a circuit arrangement and / or an actuating method be controlled as described above, wherein a built-in vehicle control unit (microcontroller) according to a suitable algorithm can also provide switching between different modes of operation of the active vibration damping.
- a built-in vehicle control unit microcontroller
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