The simulation of nonlinear oscillations in a micro clock generator

In this paper, we consider a mathematical model of a new type of a microgenerator, based on generating the oscillations of a mobile electrode in a micro-gap due to electrostatic forces. The principle of operation of the generator is analogous to the well-known theory of the clock-escapement mechanism, with the difference that in the equation of motion the form of the right-hand side corresponds to the electrostatic nature of the impulse action. The numerical analysis shows that the bounded oscillations with an increase in time tend towards a stable limit cycle in the phase plane and, thereby, the emerging oscillations are stable with respect to external perturbations. In studying periodic oscillations, depending on the parameters of a model, we use the solution of the boundary value problem for the equation with a discontinuous right-hand side, transformed to a form allowing the application of the numerical continuation method. In this way, the area in the plane of the model parameters is defined, in which stable limit cycles exist.