TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of rotor slip on the gear ratio of harmonic side-drive micromotors
AU - Phillips, Stephen M.
AU - Mehregany, Mehran
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thankfully acknowledge technical dlscusslons with Professor J H Lang and S D Sentuna of MIT, and assistance m measurements by V R Dhuler and E T Hsu Fabncatlon was carned out m the MIT Integrated Clrcmt Laboratory This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant # ECS-9109343
PY - 1993/5
Y1 - 1993/5
N2 - This paper presents a preliminary model of the gear ratio of center-pin bearing harmonic (or wobble) side-drive micromotors, accounting for finite friction in the bearing and at the bushing contacts. The gear ratio of a wobble micromotor is affected by rotor slip, which is a function of motive torque, excitation angle, and friction torque. The gear ratio of a wobble micromotor can be expressed as a constant term plus a term that accounts for rotor slip. The constant term is the ideal or nominal gear ratio and is equal to the bearing radius divided by the bearing clearance. The rotor-slip term is shown to be directly proportional to the bushing friction torque and inversely proportional to the square of the excitation voltage. The derived model is used to study the operation of wobble micromotors in nitrogen through gear-ratio measurements. The model fit of the experimental results is within 10%.
AB - This paper presents a preliminary model of the gear ratio of center-pin bearing harmonic (or wobble) side-drive micromotors, accounting for finite friction in the bearing and at the bushing contacts. The gear ratio of a wobble micromotor is affected by rotor slip, which is a function of motive torque, excitation angle, and friction torque. The gear ratio of a wobble micromotor can be expressed as a constant term plus a term that accounts for rotor slip. The constant term is the ideal or nominal gear ratio and is equal to the bearing radius divided by the bearing clearance. The rotor-slip term is shown to be directly proportional to the bushing friction torque and inversely proportional to the square of the excitation voltage. The derived model is used to study the operation of wobble micromotors in nitrogen through gear-ratio measurements. The model fit of the experimental results is within 10%.
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U2 - 10.1016/0924-4247(93)80200-Z
DO - 10.1016/0924-4247(93)80200-Z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027592219
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 36
SP - 249
EP - 254
JO - Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical
IS - 3
ER -