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Low power control IC for efficient high-voltage piezoelectric driving in a flying robotic insect

Citation:

Michael Karpelson, Robert J Wood, and Gu Wei. 6/15/2011. “Low power control IC for efficient high-voltage piezoelectric driving in a flying robotic insect.” In 2011 Symposium on VLSI Circuits-Digest of Technical Papers, Pp. 178–179. IEEE.
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Abstract:

A dual-channel, low power control IC for driving high voltage piezoelectric actuators in a flapping-wing robotic insect is presented. The IC controls milligram-scale power electronics that meet the stringent weight and power requirements of aerial microrobots. Designed in a 0.13µm CMOS process, the IC implements an efficient control algorithm to drive piezoelectric actuators with high temporal resolution while consuming <100µW during normal operation at 1.0V. Keywords: low power, SOC, high voltage, piezoelectric actuator, and microrobotics.
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