Driving circuit for vibration driven motor

A driving circuit for a vibration driven motor or actuator including an electromechanical energy conversion member and having an equivalent circuit including a series connection having an inductor, a resistor, and a capacitor, and a specific electrostatic capacitance connected in parallel with said series connection, said driving circuit comprising:

• at least one inductor connected in series or in parallel with, or at least one each in series and in parallel with, said equivalent circuit, wherein a mechanical resonant frequency of said motor or actuator is set to a frequency such that an admittance Y of the driving circuit consisting of said at least one inductor and said specific electrostatic capacitance satisfies the relation ##EQU13##

A vibration driven motor or actuator comprising:

• a vibrating member including an electromechanical energy conversion member and having an equivalent circuit including a series connection having an inductor, a resistor, and a capacitor, and a specific electrostatic capacitance connected in parallel with said series connection, and at least one inductor connected in series or in parallel with, or at least one each in series and in parallel with, said equivalent circuit;
• wherein a mechanical resonant frequency of said motor or actuator is set to a frequency such that an admittance Y of the motor or actuator from which the series connection of said conversion member is eliminated satisfies the relation ##EQU14##

An ultrasonic transducer device, comprising:

• an electromechanical energy conversion member having an equivalent circuit including a series connection having an inductor, a resistor, and a capacitor, and a specific electrostatic capacitance connected in parallel with said series connection;
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• at least one inductor connected in series or in parallel with, or at least one each in series and in parallel with, said equivalent circuit, wherein a mechanical resonant frequency of said device is set to a frequency such that an admittance Y of the device from which the series connection of said conversion member is eliminated satisfies the relation ##EQU15##

A driving circuit for a vibration driven motor or actuator including an electromechnical energy conversion member and having an equivalent circuit including a series connection having an inductor, a resistor, and a capacitor, and a specific electrostatic capacitance in parallel with said series connection, said driving circuit comprising:

• at least one inductor connected in series with said equivalent circuit, wherein a mechanical resonant frequency of said motor or actuator is set to a frequency such that an admittance Y of the driving circuit from which the series connection of said conversion member is eliminated satisfies the relation ##EQU16##