Study of an Improved 1-3-2 Type Piezoelectric Composite Material
High-quality piezoelectric transducers require high electromechanical coupling coefficients and sensitiv-ity.Based on the conventional 1-3-2 type piezoelectric composite material,an improved 1-3-2 type piezoelectric mate-rial is proposed to enhance the electromechanical coupling coefficient and receiving sensitivity of the piezoelectric transducer.The effects of different spacings on the resonance frequency,anti-resonance frequency,and electrome-chanical coupling coefficient of the sensitive elements of the improved 1-3-2 piezoelectric material are analyzed by fi-nite-element simulation and compared with those of the traditional 1-3-2 piezoelectric composite material.The results show that the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the improved piezoelectric material is larger than that of the traditional 1-3-2 piezoelectric composite material with same spacing by approximately 0.03.Three improved piezoe-lectric materials with different spacings were fabricated.The results show that the improved piezoelectric material with a spacing of 1 mm has a large electromechanical coupling coefficient of about 0.68.
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