Interdigital transducer

About: Interdigital transducer is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2706 publications have been published within this topic receiving 27976 citations.

Transducer having piezoelectric film arranged with alternating curvatures

Abstract: A transducer of the type converting between electrical and mechanical energy by means of the piezoelectric effect in a supported sheet of uniaxially oriented, electrically polarized thin high polymer film such as polyvinylidene fluoride, having surface electrodes thereon for connection to an electrical circuit. The transducer is characterized by an arrangement of the piezoelectric film into a series of elongate curved cylindrical segments of alternating sign of curvature, with the surface electrodes on the film being divided in selected locations between adjacent segments. A useful level of elastic stability is achieved without using a static pressure difference on the film, good electromechanical coupling is attained, and the individual transducer elements formed by the divided surface electrodes may be usefully interrelated electrically to substantially cancel even order harmonic distortion and enhance linearity of operation.

Surface acoustic wave device

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate (2), and an interdigital transducer (3) provided on the piezoelectric substrate (2), wherein the piezoelectric substrate (2) includes at least two piezoelectric ceramic layers made of a polycrystalline material. The at least two piezoelectric ceramic layers are stacked so that electrical characteristics and mechanical characteristics thereof vary in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the piezoelectric substrate (2) upon which the at least two ceramic piezoelectric layers are stacked.

Development of SAW-based multi-gas sensor for simultaneous detection of CO2 and NO2

Abstract: A 440 MHz wireless and passive surface acoustic wave (SAW)-based multi-gas sensor integrated with a temperature sensor was developed on a 41° YX LiNbO3 piezoelectric substrate for the simultaneous detection of CO2, NO2, and temperature. The developed sensor was composed of a SAW reflective delay lines structured by an interdigital transducer (IDT), ten reflectors, a CO2 sensitive film (Teflon AF 2400), and a NO2 sensitive film (indium tin oxide). Teflon AF 2400 was used for the CO2 sensitive film because it provides a high CO2 solubility, with good permeability and selectivity. For the NO2 sensitive film, indium tin oxide (ITO) was used. Coupling of mode (COM) modeling was conducted to determine the optimal device parameters prior to fabrication. Using the parameters determined by the simulation results, the device was fabricated and then wirelessly measured using a network analyzer. The measured reflective coefficient S11 in the time domain showed high signal/noise (S/N) ratio, small signal attenuation, and few spurious peaks. The time positions of the reflection peaks were well matched with the predicted values from the simulation. High sensitivity and selectivity were observed at each target gas testing. The obtained sensitivity was 2.12°/ppm for CO2 and 51.5°/ppm for NO2, respectively. With the integrated temperature sensor, temperature compensation was also performed during gas sensitivity evaluation process.

Propagation of ultrasonic Lamb waves in piezoelectric plates

Abstract: The propagation of the lowest‐order symmetric (S0) and antisymmetric (A0) Lamb wave modes in a piezoelectric plate is investigated both theoretically as well as experimentally. The characteristics of the modes and their relation to the surface acoustic wave is modified by electrical boundary conditions on the plate surfaces. It is found that when both surfaces are either metallized or unmetallized, the surface acoustic wave is obtained by a linear superposition of the A0 and S0 modes. On the other hand, if only one surface is metallized, then the surface acoustic wave is equivalent to just one of modes (either the A0 or S0 mode, depending on which surface is metallized). The beating phenomenon, whereby wave energy launched on one surface transfers periodically back and forth between opposite plate surfaces, is present when both surfaces are either metallized or unmetallized, but is absent if only one surface is metallized. Experimental measurements performed on Lamb wave devices fabricated on Y‐cut, Z‐pro...

High temperature ultrasonic transducer up to 1000 °C using lithium niobate single crystal

Abstract: Structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques are needed to maintain the reliability of aging power plants. The high temperature transducers are necessary to realize SHM under the working condition of power plants. In this paper, a high temperature transducer was developed using lithium niobate (LiNbO3) single crystal, which is well known as a high Curie temperature piezoelectric material. The LiNbO3 was bonded onto a stainless steel substrate. The transducer was heated in an electric furnace while measuring the bottom echoes from the substrate. We confirmed that the high temperature transducer could work up to 1000 °C.