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Circuit arrangement for generating an actuating signal for a piezo-electric element of a positioning device

CA 1211556 A · Owner: N.V. Philips'Gloeilampenfabrieken · Inventors: Suss, Dietfried

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24, ABSTRACT:, Circuit arrangement for generating an actuating voltage for a piezo-electric element of a positioning device. In a circuit arrangement for generating an actuating voltage for a piezo-electric element (1) of a positioning device, which is intended in particular for positioning a recording and/or reproducing head relative to an information track, a control signal whose amplitude is representative of a positional error is applied to a signal conversion stage (7) in the form of an amplitude modulator whose output signal is applied to the primary (10) of a transformer (11), to whose secondary (12) the piezo-electric element is connected via a bipolar switching device (13), which …

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  • Granted September 16, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 16, 2003.
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FiledMay 12, 1983
GrantedSeptember 16, 1986
Term endedSeptember 16, 2003
Patent numberCA 1211556 A
Classification (IPC)G11B21/02 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMay 12, 1983Patent grantedSep 16, 1986Term endedSep 16, 2003

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