发明名称 |
PIEZO TRANSDUCER CONTROLLER AND METHOD HAVING ADAPTIVELY-TUNED LINEAR DAMPING |
摘要 |
An illustrative controller embodiment includes: a transmitter that causes reverberation of a piezoelectric transducer; and a linear damping module that measures characteristics of the reverberation and tunes at least one of a shunt resistance and a shunt reactance for the piezoelectric transducer based on said characteristics. An illustrative sensor embodiment includes: a piezoelectric transducer; and a transducer controller coupled to the piezoelectric transducer to transmit pulses and receive echoes for measuring distances. The controller includes a linear damping module with: a shunt resistance; a shunt inductance; and an optional switch that couples the shunt resistance and shunt inductance in parallel to the piezoelectric transducer to damp reverberation of the piezoelectric transducer after said transmit pulses. The controller measures at least one characteristic of said reverberation and responsively tunes the shunt resistance or the shunt inductance. |
申请公布号 |
US2017115382(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.04.27 |
申请号 |
US201615207756 |
申请日期 |
2016.07.12 |
申请人 |
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC |
发明人 |
KOUDAR Ivan;LEDVINA Jan;KUTEJ Jiri;HORSKY Pavel |
分类号 |
G01S7/524;G01S15/93;G01S15/10;H01L41/04 |
主分类号 |
G01S7/524 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A piezoelectric transducer controller that comprises:
a transmitter that causes reverberation of a piezoelectric transducer; a linear damping module that measures characteristics of the reverberation and tunes at least one of a shunt resistance and a shunt reactance for the piezoelectric transducer based on said characteristics. |
地址 |
Phoenix AZ US |