Patent ID: 8629635
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G02B,H02N

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an electrostatic drive having a stator electrode and an actuator electrode each configured as a multilayer electrode, wherein at least one first separating layer subdivides the stator electrode into at least one first stator electrode subunit and one second stator electrode subunit, and wherein at least one second separating layer subdivides the actuator electrode into at least one first actuator electrode subunit and one second actuator electrode subunit, and wherein the actuator electrode in a non-energized starting position, without a voltage applied between the stator electrode and the actuator electrode, is situated with respect to the stator electrode in such a way that the first actuator electrode subunit is a shorter distance away from the first stator electrode subunit than the second actuator electrode subunit, the method comprising: predeflecting the actuator electrode with respect to the stator electrode from the non-energized starting position of the actuator electrode into a first end position by performing the following: