Step-down transformer utilizing the piezoelectric transversal effect

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III: Fundamental Electronic Science (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Miyauchi, Masahiro ^a,b,c   Shimohigoshi, Mitsuhide ^a,b,c,d   Kato, Kenichi ^a,c,e   Tsurumi, Takaaki ^b,f  

^a TOTO LTD   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^c Tokyo Ceramics Ltd (TOTO)   (Japan)

^d Basic Research Laboratories

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Longitudinal expansion vibration mode; Piezoelectric transformer; Piezoelectric transversal effect; Step down transformer; Switching power supply

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

LONGITUDINAL EXPANSION VIBRATION MODE; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSVERSAL EFFECT; STEP DOWN TRANSFORMER; SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 0032352916     PISSN: 10420967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6440(199812)81:12<23::AID-ECJC3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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