Linear Macro-Micro Positioning System Using a Shape Memory Alloy Actuator
The use of high-precision automated equipment is steadily increasing due in part to the progressively smaller sizes of electronic circuits. Currently, piezoelectric transducers (piezos) dominate as the actuation device for high precision machines, but shape memory alloys (SMA) may be a viable alte...
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University of Waterloo
2006
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/816 |