Piezoelectric Shear Mode Inkjet Actuator

2001 ◽  
Vol 687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Brünahl ◽  
Alex M. Grishin ◽  
Sergey I. Khartsev ◽  
Carl Österberg
Keyword(s):  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Microelectromechanical Systems ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Shear Mode ◽  
Drop On Demand ◽  
Ink Jet ◽  
Ferroelectric Hysteresis ◽  
Comprehensive Characterization

AbstractWe report on comprehensive characterization of piezoelectric shear mode inkjet actuators micromachined into bulk Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 (PZT) ceramics. The paper starts with an overview of different inkjet technologies such as continuous jet and drop-on-demand systems, whereat main attention is turned on piezoelectric systems particularly Xaar-type shear mode inkjet color printheads. They are an example of complex microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and comprise a ferroelectric array of 128 active ink channels (75νm wide and 360νm deep). Detailed information about manufacturing and principles of operation are given. Several techniques to control manufacturing processes and to characterize properties of the piezoelectric material are described: dielectric spectroscopy to measure dielectric permittivity ε and loss tanσ; ferroelectric hysteresis P-E loop tracing to get remnant polarization Pr and coercive field Ec, and a novel pulsed technique to quantify functional properties of the PZT actuator such as acoustic resonant frequencies and electromechanical coupling factor. Stroboscope technique has been employed to find correlation between the degradation of ink-jet performance and heat/high voltage treatment resulting in ferroelectric fatigue.

scholarly journals Characterization of 1-3 Piezoelectric Composite with a 3-Tier Polymer Structure

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqing Sun ◽  
Likun Wang ◽  
Yanjun Zhang ◽  
Chao Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Characteristic Impedance ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Polymer Structure ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Piezoelectric Composite ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Effective Parameters

In order to boost the electromechanical coupling factor and decrease the characteristic impedance, a 1-3 piezoelectric composite with a 3-tier polymer structure was designed and fabricated, in which epoxy resin constitutes the middle layer and silicone rubber is used to clamp the epoxy. The effective parameters of the composite, such as resonant frequency, electromechanical coupling factor, and characteristic impedance, were studied by the finite element method and experiment. The experimental results indicate that the electromechanical coupling factor of the composite is enhanced by 8.4% and the characteristic impedance is decreased by 52.8%, compared with the traditional 1-3 ceramic/epoxy composite.

Syntheisis and Characterization of Bismuth Tungstate Crystals by Solution Growth Technique

2007 ◽  
Vol 350 ◽  
pp. 81-84
Author(s):  
Masaya Nishida ◽  
Hiroaki Takeda ◽  
Takashi Nishida ◽  
Tadashi Shiosaki
Keyword(s):  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Dielectric Constants ◽  
Slow Cooling ◽  
Growth Technique ◽  
Polarization Axis ◽  
Vertical Bridgman ◽  
Different Shapes

Growth of ferroelectric Bi2WO6 (BWO) mono-domain bulk crystals was attempted by the vertical-Bridgman (VB) method below the phase transition (ferro- to paraelectric) temperature of 940oC using Li2B4O7 as a flux. In this method, Pt crucibles with different shapes were used. The crucible with a wedged tip bottom produced BWO crystal with a thickness of over 4 mm along the crystallographic c-axis (perpendicular to the spontaneous polarization axis). Using BWO mono-domain crystals grown by slow cooling technique, on the other hand, their electric properties were characterized. The dielectric constants, ε ij, and electromechanical coupling factor, k33, of the crystals were 70-100 and 36% at room temperature, respectively.

scholarly journals Design and Analysis of a Novel Piezoceramic Stack-based Smart Aggregate

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 6438
Author(s):  
Guangtao Lu ◽  
Xin Zhu ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Zhiqiang Hao ◽  
Bohai Tan
Keyword(s):  
Resonance Frequency ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Stress Waves ◽  
Parallel Connection ◽  
Smart Aggregate ◽  
In Series ◽  
Piezoelectric Wafers

A novel piezoceramic stack-based smart aggregate (PiSSA) with piezoceramic wafers in series or parallel connection is developed to increase the efficiency and output performance over the conventional smart aggregate with only one piezoelectric patch. Due to the improvement, PiSSA is suitable for situations where the stress waves easily attenuate. In PiSSA, the piezoelectric wafers are electrically connected in series or parallel, and three types of piezoelectric wafers with different electrode patterns are designed for easy connection. Based on the theory of piezo-elasticity, a simplified one-dimensional model is derived to study the electromechanical, transmitting and sensing performance of PiSSAs with the wafers in series and parallel connection, and the model was verified by experiments. The theoretical results reveal that the first resonance frequency of PiSSAs in series and parallel decreases as the number or thickness of the PZT wafers increases, and the first electromechanical coupling factor increases firstly and then decrease gradually as the number or thickness increases. The results also show that both the first resonance frequency and the first electromechanical coupling factor of PiSSA in series and parallel change no more than 0.87% as the Young’s modulus of the epoxy increases from 0.5 to 1.5 times 3.2 GPa, which is helpful for the fabrication of PiSSAs. In addition, the displacement output of PiSSAs in parallel is about 2.18–22.49 times that in series at 1–50 kHz, while the voltage output of PiSSAs in parallel is much less than that in parallel, which indicates that PiSSA in parallel is much more suitable for working as an actuator to excite stress waves and PiSSA in series is suitable for working as a sensor to detect the waves. All the results demonstrate that the connecting type, number and thickness of the PZT wafers should be carefully selected to increase the efficiency and output of PiSSA actuators and sensors. This study contributes to providing a method to investigate the characteristics and optimize the structural parameters of the proposed PiSSAs.

Relaxor Single Crystals with Giant k31 Mode

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 2412-2421
Author(s):  
Toshio Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Impedance Measurement ◽  
Hysteresis Loops ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Poling Direction ◽  
Length Direction ◽  
Relaxor Single Crystals ◽  
The Relationship

Giant electromechanical coupling factor of k31 mode over 86% was found for (100) Pb[(Zn1/3Nb2/3)0.91Ti0.09]O3 and (110) Pb[(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.74Ti0.26]O3 single-crystal plates poled in the [100] and [110] directions, respectively. The P-E hysteresis loops in the single-crystal plates with giant k31 became asymmetric. Furthermore, the frequency response of impedance in these plates with giant k31 consisted of a single vibration in the length direction. A mechanism to realize giant k31 can be explained by the relationship between the crystal plane and poling direction. In addition, the existence of giant piezoelectric d31 constant was proven by the strain measurement as well as by the impedance measurement.

scholarly journals Effect of the matrix subsystem on hydrostatic parameters of a novel 1–3-type piezo-composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 08 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitaly Yu. Topolov ◽  
Christopher R. Bowen ◽  
Paolo Bisegna ◽  
Anatoly E. Panich
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramic ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Polyurethane Composite ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Type Composite

The influence of the aspect ratio and volume fraction of ferroelectric ceramic inclusions in a 0–3 matrix on the hydrostatic parameters of a three-component 1–3-type composite is studied to demonstrate the important role of the elastic properties of the two-component matrix on the composite performance. Differences in the elastic properties of the 0–3 matrix and single-crystal rods lead to a considerable dependence of the hydrostatic response of the composite on the anisotropy of the matrix elastic properties. The performance of a 1–0–3 0.92 Pb ( Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3–0.08 PbTiO 3 SC/modified PbTiO 3 ceramic/polyurethane composite suggests that this composite system is of interest for hydroacoustic applications due to its high hydrostatic piezoelectric coefficients [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], squared figure of merit [Formula: see text], and electromechanical coupling factor [Formula: see text].

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