A high sensitivity hydrostatic piezoelectric transducer based ontransverse piezoelectric mode honeycomb ceramic composites

A new piezoelectric composite transducer based on the ceramic honeycomb structure is introduced. The transducer is operated in the transverse piezoelectric (TP) d₃₁ mode. The ceramic honeycomb configuration enables one to fabricate a TP honeycomb transducer by either embedding a honeycomb ceramic skeleton into a soft polymer matrix to form a composite or by blocking the openings of the honeycomb cells with thin layers of epoxy to form an end-capped honeycomb structure. With the unique honeycomb configuration and TP operation mode, the piezoelectric d₃₃ response of the ceramic is nearly eliminated and the piezoelectric responses from the three orthogonal directions add together when the transducer is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure. As a result, the transducer exhibits exceptionally high hydrostatic piezoelectric response     

Analysis of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers attached to waveguides using waveguide finite elements

A finite-element modeling procedure for computing the frequency response of piezoelectric transducers attached to infinite constant cross-section waveguides, as encountered in guided wave ultrasonic inspection, is presented. Two-dimensional waveguide finite elements are used to model the waveguide. Conventional three-dimensional finite elements are used to model the piezoelectric transducer. The harmonic forced response of the waveguide is used to obtain a dynamic stiffness matrix (complex and frequency dependent), which represents the waveguide in the transducer model. The electrical and mechanical frequency response of the transducer, attached to the waveguide, can then be computed. The forces applied to the waveguide are calculated and are used to determine the amplitude of each mode excited in the waveguide. The method is highly efficient compared to time integration of a conventional finite-element model of a length of waveguide. In addition, the method provides information about each mode that is excited in the waveguide. The method is demonstrated by modeling a sandwich piezoelectric transducer exciting a waveguide of rectangular cross section, although it could be applied to more complex situations. It is expected that the modeling method will be useful during the optimization of piezoelectric transducers for exciting specific wave propagation modes in waveguides.     

夹心式压电陶瓷超声换能器的非线性研究进展

夹心式压电陶瓷超声换能器是目前大功率超声设备中应用最广的一种换能器,其在大功率工作状态下会呈现出明显的非线性特征。综述了夹心式压电陶瓷超声换能器非线性方面的研究进展。首先介绍了国内外在压电陶瓷非线性方面的重要理论及实验研究成果,着重阐述了大功率领域常用的硬压电陶瓷的非线性研究工作,其次对夹心式压电陶瓷超声换能器的结构及工艺所引起的非线性进行了简要分析和论述,最后介绍了夹心式压电陶瓷超声换能器非线性建模方面的研究进展。     

基于机械品质因数的全波压电超声换能器设计

针对全波压电超声换能器常规设计方法存在的尺寸参数较多、计算较复杂等问题,研究了一种利用机械品质因数设计全波压电超声换能器的方法。基于压电超声理论推导了全波压电超声换能器的频率方程,利用电学理论推导了全波压电超声换能器各组成部分的等效电路,利用等效电路求取了在任意等效截面处的等效机械阻抗,进而推导出全波压电超声换能器各部分尺寸参数与其机械品质因数的关系式。利用机械品质因数及频率方程的等高线图,对全波压电超声换能器各部分尺寸进行了设计计算。利用ANSYS对该尺寸全波压电超声换能器的谐振频率进行了仿真分析,结果表明所设计的全波压电超声换能器的谐振频率具有较高的精度,满足工程应用的要求。     

Transmitting electric energy through a metal wall by acoustic waves using piezoelectric transducers

The feasibility of transmitting electric energy through a metal wall by propagating acoustic waves using piezoelectric transducers is examined by studying the efficiency of power transmission and its dependence upon the relevant system parameters for a simplified system consisting of an elastic plate sandwiched by two piezoelectric layers. One of these layers models the driving transducer for generating acoustic wave, and the other layer models the receiving transducer for converting the acoustic energy into electric energy to power a load circuit. The output voltage, the output power, and the efficiency of this system are expressed as explicit functions of the system parameters. A numerical example is included to illustrate the dependence of the system performance upon the physical and geometrical parameters.     

Design considerations for piezoelectric polymer ultrasound transducers

Much work has been published on the design of ultrasound transducers using piezoelectric ceramics, but a great deal of this work does not apply when using the piezoelectric polymers because of their unique electrical and mechanical properties. The purpose of this paper is to review and present new insight into seven important considerations for the design of active piezoelectric polymer ultrasound transducers: piezoelectric polymer materials selection, transducer construction and packaging requirements, materials characterization and modeling, film thickness and active area design, electroding selection, backing material design, and front protection/matching layer design. Besides reviewing these design considerations, this paper also presents new insight into the design of active piezoelectric polymer ultrasonic transducers. The design and fabrication of an immersible ultrasonic transducer, which has no adhesive layer between the active element and backing layer, is included. The transducer features direct deposition of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] copolymer onto an insulated aluminum backing substrate. Pulse-echo tests indicated a minimum insertion loss of 37 dB and -6 dB bandwidth of 9.8 to 22 MHz (71%). The use of polymer wear-protection/quarter-wave matching layers is also discussed. Test results on a P(VDF-TrFE) transducer showed that a Mylar/sup TM/ front layer provided a slight increase in pulse-echo amplitude of 15% (or 1.2 dB) and an increase in -6 dB pulse-echo fractional bandwidth from 86 to 95%. Theoretical derivations are reported for optimizing the active area of the piezoelectric polymer element for maximum power transfer at resonance. These derivations are extended to the special case for a low profile (i.e., thin) shielded transducer. A method for modeling the non-linear loading effects of a commercial pulser-receiver is also included.     

一种采用PVDF压电薄膜的弯张换能器

本文提出了一种采用PVDF压电薄膜代替弯张换能器的金属外壳的新型弯张换能器,即一种采用PVDF压电薄膜的弯张换能器。用阻抗分析仪、激光扫描测振仪和水声测量系统分别测量了采用PVDF压电薄膜的弯张换能器的谐振频率、带宽、发送电压响应、水平指向性。通过对比分析实验结果,可以看出该新型换能器与传统换能器一样可以将压电晶堆纵的振动转化为壳体的径向振动。     

基于拓扑优化的压电分流阻尼抑振实验研究

将结构拓扑优化引入压电分流振动抑制中,以压电元件的分布面积为设计变量,压电元件产生的电荷最大化为优化目标,对压电元件的拓扑进行了优化以获得最佳抑振效果。针对悬臂梁结构,得到了对不同的结构模态进行抑制时的压电元件最优拓扑构型。建立了带有压电分流阻尼系统的悬臂梁振动控制实验模型,将压电元件拓扑优化后的压电分流阻尼系统应用于悬臂梁多阶弯曲模态的振动响应抑制实验,并对比分析了带最优拓扑和非优拓扑压电元件的悬臂梁压电分流阻尼抑振效果。结果表明,对压电元件进行拓扑优化可以明显提高压电分流阻尼系统的抑振效果。     

Finite-element analysis of vibrational modes in piezoelectric ceramic disks

The natural vibrational modes of axially symmetric piezoelectric ceramic disks have been calculated by the finite-element method. The disks are of the type used as active elements in compressional wave ultrasonic transducers, and are electrically polarized in thickness with full electrodes on the disk's major faces. To optimize disk geometry for ultrasonic transducer application, the dependence of the vibrational modes on the disk diameter-to-thickness ratio for ratios from 0.2 (a tall cylinder) to 10.0 (a thin disk) has been studied. Series and parallel resonance frequencies for each of the modes are determined through an eigenfrequency analysis, and effective electromechanical coupling coefficients are calculated. The modal displacement fields in the disk are calculated to determine the physical nature of each mode. An analysis of the complete spectrum of piezoelectrically active modes as a function of diameter-thickness ratio is presented for the ceramic PZT-5H, including and identification of radial, edge, length expander, thickness shear, and thickness extensional vibrations. From this analysis, optimal diameter-to-thickness ratios for good transducer performance are discussed.     

Simulation of piezoelectric excitation of guided waves using waveguide finite elements

A numerical method for computing the time response of infinite constant cross-section elastic waveguides excited by piezoelectric transducers was developed. The method combined waveguide finite elements (semi-analytical finite elements) for modeling the waveguide with conventional 3-D piezoelectric finite elements for modeling the transducer. The frequency response of the coupled system was computed and then used to simulate the time response to tone-burst electrical excitation. A technique for identifying and separating the propagating modes was devised, which enabled the computation of the response of a selected reduced number of modes. The method was applied to a rail excited by a piezoelectric patch transducer, and excellent agreement with measured responses was obtained. It was found that it is necessary to include damping in the waveguide model if the response near a "cut-on" frequency is to be simulated in the near-field.     

Radiation impedance and equivalent circuit for piezoelectric ultrasonic composite transducers of vibrational mode-conversion

The piezoelectric ultrasonic composite transducer, which can be used in either gas or liquid media, is studied in this paper. The composite transducer is composed of a longitudinal sandwich piezoelectric transducer, a mechanical transformer, and a metal circular plate in flexural vibration. Acoustic radiation is produced by the flexural circular plate, which is excited by the longitudinal sandwich transducer and transformer. Based on the classic flexural theory of plates, the equivalent lumped parameters for a plate in axially symmetric flexural vibration with free boundary conditions are obtained. The radiation impedance of the plate is derived and the relationship between the radiation impedance and the frequency is analyzed. The equivalent circuits for the plate in flexural vibration and the composite transducer are given. The vibrational modes and the harmonic response of the composite piezoelectric transducer are simulated by the numerical method. Based on the theoretical and numerical analysis, two composite piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers are designed and manufactured, their admittance-frequency curves are measured, and the resonance frequency is obtained. The flexural vibrational displacement distribution of the transducer is measured with a laser scanning vibrometer. It is shown that the theoretical results are in good agreement with the measured resonance frequency and the displacement distribution.     

Controlled-source analogous circuits and SPICE models forpiezoelectric transducers

Transmission line analogous circuits for piezoelectric transducers are developed which employ controlled sources rather than the traditional transformer to model the coupling between the electrical and the mechanical systems. A novel method is used to derive each model that consists of adding a term that is equal to zero to one of the device electromechanical equations. When this is done, it is shown that the equations can be cast into the form of the familiar telegraphist's equations for the voltage and current on an electrical transmission line. The circuits are derived for both the thickness-mode piezoelectric transducer and the side-electrode bar piezoelectric transducer. SPICE models of the analogous circuits are presented and an example simulation is given     

多方向压电振动能量收集装置及其优化设计

摘要：为实现对不同方向环境振动能量的收集,提出了一种新颖的多方向振动能量收集装置的设计结构,装置的换能部分采用了一种Rainbow型压电结构。为提高多方向振动能量收集装置收集能量的效果,以多方向振动能量收集装置输出的总电能为目标函数,综合考虑金属弹性基片的强度、装置振动的固有频率及装置的尺寸空间要求等多种因素,采用序列二次规划法对能量收集装置的结构参数进行了优化。该多方向振动能量收集装置经过优化后,在Y向激励时,其输出的总电能为37.146μJ,比优化前提高了30.82%,当沿装置体对角线方向激励时,结构装置输出的总电能为58.715μJ,比优化前提高了29.24%,装置的能量收集效果得到了明显提高。分析结果为多方向振动能量收集装置的设计、制造及应用提供了技术依据。     

A3夹心式压电超声扭转换能器的研制

本文对夹心式压电超声扭转振动换能器进行了理论及实验研究，得出了对称型扭转振动夹心换能器的共振频率设计方程，给出了频率方程式中一些主要的物理量的具体表达式。在此基础上，实际设计并制作了一个夹心扭转振动换能器，并对其所有的电声参数进行了测试     

A3 夹心式压电超声扭转换能器的研制

本文对夹心式压电超声扭转振动换能器进行了理论及实验研究，得出了对称型扭转振动夹心换能器的共振频率设计方程，给出了频率方程式中一些主要的物理量的具体表达式，在此基础上，实际设计提供制作了一个夹心扭转振动换能器，并对其所有的电声参数进行了测试。     

夹心式功率超声压电陶瓷换能器的工程设计

文中为换能器的优化设计和性能改善提供一些有用的设计指南和解决措施,并对功率超声夹心式压电陶瓷换能器工程设计中的一些重要问题(即换能器各部分的功能及选择,压电陶瓷元件的位置优化,接触界面对换能器性能的影响与预应力的选择及影响等)进行了简要的分析。结论表明,文中所述对于优化设计、改善并提高性能具有参考和使用价值。     

Sandwiched piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers oflongitudinal-torsional compound vibrational modes

Sandwiched piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers of longitudinal-torsional compound vibrational modes were studied. The transducers consist of coaxially segmented, longitudinally and tangentially polarized piezoelectric ceramic rings, a back metal cylinder, and a front exponential solid metal horn. Based on the plane-wave approximation, the equivalent circuits of the longitudinal and torsional vibrations in the sandwiched transducer were obtained and the resonance frequency equations of the transducer in longitudinal and torsional vibrations were derived. By means of choosing the radius decay coefficient of the front exponential horn, the longitudinal and torsional vibrations are made to resonate at the same frequency in the transducer. Sandwiched piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers of longitudinal-torsional compound modes were designed and fabricated according to the frequency equations. It is demonstrated that the measured resonance frequencies of the transducers are in good agreement with the theoretical results, and the measured resonance frequencies of the transducers in longitudinal and torsional vibration modes are also in good agreement with each other. Theoretical and experimental results show that this kind of transducer can be used in ultrasonic welding, ultrasonic machining, ultrasonic motors, and other ultrasonic applications which need large displacement amplitudes     

High frequency piezoelectric MEMS ultrasound transducers

High-frequency ultrasound array transducers using piezoelectric thin films on larger structures are being developed for high-resolution imaging systems. The increase in resolution is achieved by a simultaneous increase in operating frequency (30 MHz to about 1 GHz) and close coupling of the electronic circuitry. Two different processing methods were explored to fabricate array transducers. In one implementation, a xylophone bar transducer was prototyped, using thin film PbZr(0.52)Ti(0.48)O(3) (PZT) as the active piezoelectric layer. In the other, the piezoelectric transducer was prepared by mist deposition of PZT films over electroplated Ni posts. Because the PZT films are excited through the film thickness, the drive voltages of these transducers are low, and close coupling of the electronic circuitry is possible. A complementary metal-oxidesemiconductor (CMOS) transceiver chip for a 16-element array was fabricated in 0.35-microm process technology. The ultrasound front-end chip contains beam-forming electronics, receiver circuitry, and analog-to-digital converters with 3-Kbyte on-chip buffer memory.     

Design and fabrication of a piezoelectric transducer for wind-power generator

This study investigates the feasibility of a high-performance ZnO piezoelectric transducer for wind-power generation applications. The piezoelectric transducer is constructed of a Cu/ZnO/ITO/PET structure. Closely examining the ITO/PET substrate by a nano indenter reveals a low Young's modulus of 6.62 Gpa for specific deflections. The ZnO piezoelectric film of 965 nm is deposited on ITO/PET substrate using a RF magnetron sputtering system at room temperature. A copper layer is attached to the ZnO/ITO/PET structure to construct piezoelectric transducers. Both scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction indicate that, among the favorable characteristic of the ZnO piezoelectric film include a rigid surface structure and a high c-axis preferred orientation. According to cantilever vibration theory, a transducer with a cantilever length of 9.9 mm and vibration area of 1.5 cm² is designed for natural wind. An appropriate mass loading of 0.57 g on the cantilever is critical for increasing the vibration amplitude and promoting the generated power of a piezoelectric transducer. Finally, an open circuit voltage of 1.87 V for the ZnO piezoelectric transducer at a vibration frequency of 100 Hz is obtained by an oscilloscope. After rectifying and filtering, the output power of the generator exhibits an available benefit of 0.07 μW/cm² with the load resistance of 5 MΩ.     

A sub-layer model for a thick piezoelectric patch bonded on elastic substrate

Summary. In this paper, the two-dimensional electromechanical coupling problems that a piezoelectric patch of finite size bonded to an elastic substrate are considered. A subdivision model that the single physical piezoelectric layer is mathematically divided into a number of thinner layers is proposed to analyze the electromechanical responses of the structures. Within each virtual sub-layer of the piezoelectric patch the electric displacement and normal stress in the axial direction are assumed to be linear functions of the thickness coordinate. Hellinger-Reissner variational principle for elasticity is extended to the systems of piezoelectric multi-materials. The governing equations that comprise one-dimensional differential equations and integro-differential equations are rigorously derived from the stationary conditions of the variational functional along with substitution of the assumed electromechanical fields. The subdivision model satisfies all mechanical and electric continuity conditions across the virtual interfaces and the physical interface of piezoelectrics/substrate. The numerical solutions of the governing equations are conducted, and the convergence of the subdivision model is demonstrated.