Electrical biasing of PZT ceramic material

Author

Hughes, W. Jack ; Bednarchik, Paul G.

Author_Institution

Appl. Res. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

41

Abstract

Recently, much interest has been shown in the electrostrictive materials Lead Magnesium Niobate (PMN) and Single Crystal (PZN) for high drive level operation of ferroelectric and electrostrictive transducers. To operate at high drive levels, these materials require a DC electrical bias. In light of the need to bias the newer materials, it seemed reasonable to consider the possibility of biasing traditional PZT ceramics in order to achieve higher drive levels. To investigate this potential performance enhancement approach, three tonpilz transducers were built using PZT-4, PZT-5H, and PZT-8 as the active piezoceramic motor. These transducers were driven to 11.3 kv/cm (28.8 v /mil), 6.93 kv/cm (17.6 v/mil), and 13.8 kv/cm (35.0 v/mil) rms, respectively

Keywords

lead compounds; piezoceramics; piezoelectric motors; piezoelectric transducers; DC electrical bias; PZT; PZT ceramic material; PZT-4; PZT-5H; PZT-8; PbZrO3TiO3; active piezoceramic motor; drive level; electrostrictive transducer; ferroelectric transducer; tonpilz transducer; Acoustic transducers; Capacitive sensors; Ceramics; Crystalline materials; Dielectric losses; Electric fields; Ferroelectric materials; Piezoelectric materials; Polarization; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2000. ISAF 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 12th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1099-4734

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5940-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.2000.941509

Filename

941509