A method of "weak resonance" for quality factor and coupling coefficient measurement in piezoelectrics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2120-2130

  Mezheritsky, Alex V ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRESONANCE FREQUENCY; COEFFICIENT OF ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLINGS (CEMC); MATERIAL QUALITY; PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATORS (PR);

CAPACITANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 29144467650     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1561683     Document Type: Article

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