Title :
Reliability of ceramic actuators
Author_Institution :
Int. Center for Actuators & Transducers, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
Reliability of ceramic actuators is dependent on complex factors, which are divided into three major categories: reliability of the ceramic material, reliability of the device design and drive technique. The reliability issues are reviewed from whole points of view, with a particular focus on multilayer structures
Keywords :
piezoceramics; piezoelectric actuators; reliability; ceramic actuator; ceramic material; device design; drive technique; multilayer structure; reliability; Actuators; Capacitive sensors; Ceramics; Compressive stress; Grain size; Hysteresis; Laboratories; Materials reliability; Nonhomogeneous media; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ferroelectrics, 1996. ISAF '96., Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
East Brunswick, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3355-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.1996.598136
