Rattlesnake nanoactuator - a precision high speed closed loop linear actuator with capacitive sensor
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master Thesis
Master Thesis
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2011
Författare
Lock, Jonathan
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This thesis describes the development of a novel linear actuator based on a closed loop tightly integrated magnetic motor and capacitive sensor. Mechanical, electrical and software work has resulted in a device achieving a mechanical range of travel of ±1mm with a steady state RMS error of 62nm at a closed loop bandwidth of 3.5kHz, a typical tracking error of hundreds of nanometers (dependent on the waveform shape) and a maximum error in the range of 1 − 10μm. The stiffness of the system at 10Hz is 4N/μm and the actuator has a useful range of motion up to 300 − 500Hz with reduced travel at these speeds due to force limitations. This is possibly an area of continued work; minor modifications could lead to an RMS error of ≈ 20nm, making it possible to outperform piezoelectric actuators in some applications such as adaptive optics or interferometry.
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Informations- och kommunikationsteknik , Elektroteknik och elektronik , Information & Communication Technology , Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering