A Vibration Control System and Related Methods

A vibration control method comprising:

• spatially distributing a plurality of transducer elements;
• interconnecting, by a switching circuit, selected ones of the transducer elements based on a switching signal provided by a controller circuit, the switching signal being in response to a vibration condition of a host structure, to adaptively form a group of interconnected transducer elements;
• connecting, by the switching circuit, the group of interconnected transducer elements to at least one vibration control circuit;
• and
• providing a single vibration control signal or electrical impedance source corresponding to the vibration condition to the group of interconnected transducer elements.

A method of fabricating a vibration control system, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of spatially distributed transducer elements;
• connecting a switching circuit to each of the transducer elements;
• connecting each of one or more vibration control circuits to the switching circuit;
• connecting the one or more vibration control circuits and the switching circuit to a controller circuit,
• programming the controller circuit to control the switching circuit to interconnect selected ones of the transducer elements based on a switching signal provided by the controller circuit, the switching signal being in response to a vibration condition, to adaptively form a group of interconnected transducer elements;
• and
• programming the controller circuit to control the switching circuit to connect the group of interconnected transducer elements to a selected at least one of the one or more vibration control circuits for receiving a single vibration control signal or electrical impedance source corresponding to the vibration condition.