Part 2: Electrostatic Transducers I

➢Start with reading the sections in this part of the course:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Electrostatic energy
2.3 Force and voltage
2.4 Intensive and extensive variables
2.5 Capacitor with spring
2.6 Voltage control and stability
2.7 Example: ADXL-50 accelerometer
2.8 Other configurations
2.9 Legendre transform
2.10 Small-signal behavior: characteristic equations
2.11 The coupling factor

➢Try the assignments.

➢Do the challenge assignment:
Challenge 2: Electrostatic switch

➢Hand in your answer to the challenge assignment on Thursday April 2.

Learning more

➢The material in this part corresponds to the first half of chapters 7 in the reader Introduction to Mechanics and Transducer Science, which is available on Canvas.