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Bar Piezoelectric Ceramic Transformers

ERHART, Jiří; Petr PŮLPÁN and Luboš RUSIN

Basic information

Original name

Bar Piezoelectric Ceramic Transformers

Authors

ERHART, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Petr PŮLPÁN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Luboš RUSIN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2013, 0885-3010

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

Electronics and optoelectronics

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/46747885:24510/13:#0000988

Organization

Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education – Technical University of Liberec – Repository

UT WoS

000321629200018

Keywords in English

piezoelectric transformer

Links

GAP102/10/1139, research and development project.
Changed: 10/3/2015 13:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

Bar-shaped piezoelectric ceramic transformers (PTs) working in the longitudinal vibration mode (k31 mode) were studied. Two types of the transformer were designed— one with the electrode divided into two segments of different length, and one with the electrodes divided into three symmetrical segments. Parameters of studied transformers such as efficiency, transformation ratio, and input and output impedances were measured. An analytical model was developed for PT parameter calculation for both two- and three-segment PTs. Neither type of bar PT exhibited very high efficiency (maximum 72% for three-segment PT design) at a relatively high transformation ratio (it is 4 for two-segment PT and 2 for three-segment PT at the fundamental resonance mode). The optimum resistive loads were 20 and 10 kΩ for two- and three-segment PT designs for the fundamental resonance, respectively, and about one order of magnitude smaller for the higher overtone (i.e., 2 kΩ and 500 Ω, respectively). The no-load transformation ratio was less than 27 (maximum for two-segment electrode PT design). The optimum input electrode aspect ratios (0.48 for three-segment PT and 0.63 for two-segment PT) were calculated numerically under no-load conditions.