New system designs show that hybrid nanopositioning stages based on electromagnetic and piezo electrical actuators together with high resolution incremental sensors provide a very flexible technology. For maximum performance the piezo part should be separated via a flexure guidance and be controlled by the same position sensor used for the coarse drive. A new type of embedded controller and a two path control algorithm shows promising results for extremely small steps, high repeatability and good linearity over long travel ranges.
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