Testing and analysis of high frequency electroelastic characteristics of piezoelectric transformers

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Authors

  • F. Narita Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Y. Shindo Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
  • F. Saito Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
  • M. Mikami Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Abstract

This article presents the results of experimental and numerical work on the dynamic electroelastic response of Rosen-type piezoelectric transformers. Experiments were conducted to measure the electrical impedance, phase angle and voltage gain at various frequencies. The three-dimensional finite element method was also employed to solve the coupled electro-elastic boundary value problem. The electrical impedance, phase angle and voltage gain were calculated and a comparison was made between experiment and simulation. The effects of load resistance and capacitance on the voltage gain and electroelastic field concentrations were also discussed in detail.

Keywords:

piezoelectric material systems, dynamic electroelastic field concentrations, transformer